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Decembeb 2o, 1915 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST 49

Observations and Reflections. Several Resignations

By Xrayser II. from the panel seem to have taken

" A Merry Christmas ! " place here and there, and this was to be expected.

is perhaps a greeting we shall not The men who have resigned may be presumed to
know their own business best, and there is some point
use without some reservation this year, but if, as philo-
in the remark that their retirement strengthens our case
logists tell us, the first meaning of "merry" was short, ;

the idea being that time pleasantly spent never seems so they resigned because in their judgment the business is

long as time spent in pain, it is appropriate enough, for not worth having on the terms offered, which is just
this Christmas holiday will be an unusually short one for what we have to prove. Whether we can do so or not,

most of us. The word has had other meanings which it there is a widespread conviction that this judgment is
has now lost. When Chaucer calls ivy and other '' erbes " true, and the fact that these men have backed their

merry lie means pleasant, and, like Trevisa in his trans- opinion in this heroic fashion gives it a certain validity.
Their numbers are not sufficient to embarrass the working
lation of Bartholomaeus he uses the v.'ord of medicines
of the Act; therefore no question of patriotism is involved,
too; "'Cassia," says the writer last named, "is swete
and mery of smell." Sir Thomas More bids his household so far as they are concerned. Their fears may or may

be " merry in God " ; and " Him serve with mirth," says not be justifiable, but their action is entirely so. Very
few men, I fancy, will accept Mr. Woolcock's statement
the first English version of the Hundredth Psalm. The that 12^ per cent, is about what we shall have to pay
phrase " Merry England " meant, in the first instance, for our new advantages, but however this may be, such
delightful in aspect and conditions, and was contem- forecasts from such a quarter are much to be deprecated.
poraneous with "merry Paradise." As applied to per- Not only are they premature and prejudicial to our case,

Mysons, cheerfulness rather than gaiety was the sense. but if they are to any great extent accepted by pharmacists
our efforts to prove that we are being underpaid will
readers may make their own choice among these meanings
when I wish them, as I now do, a Merry Christmas. be comparatively feeble. It was generally admitted from

the first that a sacrifice something like this might be

The Surrender worth while to assume beforehand that this is all we
;

of Mr. Charles Roberts to the Scotch chemists shall suffer is almost to say that we are content. This
was what I predicted in this column two weeks ago, and
what everyone who knows anything of the Scottish is the kind of "leading" that we are better without;
character knew very well, was bound to happen. Even if
Mr. Roberts had had a. plausible case he could not have we must not be content until we have proof positive that
stocd up against such a determined band of born fighters,
and, having no case at all, the result was a foregone con- we can afford to be so.

The True Cost of a Drug

can never be only the quotation

clusion. If ever there was an attempt to apply the for that drug 'in a net price-list, and if such a list is
Prussian maxim that might is right this was one, for
there is not the least shadow of doubt that the Scots had selected as the basis of the Tariff prices it is perfectly

right on their side, and their victory cannot fail to cause certain that we are bound to suffer loss on practically

much searching of heart among our official leaders. It is every prescription. The great majority of us do not

live next door to a wholesale house, and country chemists

all very well to say, as they are saying, that the condi- will be especially hard hit under the new arrangement

tions were different in Scotland. What were the differ- Besides, it is well known that hundreds of pharmacists

ences? Chiefly these : the Scottish chemists, having been have had to receive long credit from wholesalers, who

less heavily discounted than we, -were less anxious for a must obviously be recouped in some way for the accom-
change of system ; and the Scottish doctors were less
eager than ours to secure the dispensing for themselves. modation, which is virtually the same as banks make their

living by. It is possible that the extras rtem'ised

Only the latter fact at all affects the respective ability by "Alpha" (C. <( I)., December 18, p. 62) may
be held by the Solons who drew up the new
of Scottish and English chemists to get their own way if

they were equally set on doing so, and this affects it much scheme to be included in the establishment-charge,

less than appeal's at first sight. The Scots, indeed, risked but if so I wonder what is to cover the other little

a greater actual loss, as compared with their position things, like shop-rent, rates, taxes, lighting, heating,

before the passing of the Act, than we should have done etc., not to speak of salaries, which everyone admits

had we made a similar stand, though possibly the danger cannot be adequately met by the dispensing-fees, let

of failure to secure their point was a little less in their alone the employer's share of the profits ? The whole

case than it would have been in ours. Seeing, however, scheme is so absurd that the more we study it the less

that failure in either case would have necessitated the we like it, but some mitigation would be found in the

abandonment of one of the main principles of the Act,_ it adoption of some such price-list as that recommended

was almost negligible. The Scots had the courage to risk by "Alpha," and therefore I heartily support his sug-

it, and they have won it is natural for those who regard gestion that the Associations lose no time in getting a
;

our acceptance of the new terms as a surrender to envy move on with a view to something practical being done.

them their courage. "The Patriotism of Salesmen"

Timid Leaders, is a catchy phrase, but why
however, make timid followers; the Confer-
hit out at the salesman ? If it be treason to push any-
ence made our choice for us, and we accepted it. It is
a little hard that we should now be charged by these given brand of soap, the salesman is not the traitor, for
very leaders with want of loyalty. The Scottish unanimity he is only doing what his employer has told him to do.
and confidence, we are told, may well be emulated in
other parts of Great Britain ! There certainly might have I am not aware that there 'is any private "under-
been more confidence shown in Bloomsbury Square than standing" behind the employer's back between manu-
was evident in the burking of discussion until it was
too late to have any effect on.the decision, but the charge facturers of soaps or safety razors and the salesman
this is much too risky a, game nowadays, therefore the
of want of unanimity has no justification, and the implied appeal to patriotism must be made to the owner of the
shop, and not to the servant, whose duty 'is to do the
injunction to be more docile in future is singularly point- best he can for his employer. The ultimate reason for
less. If our position now is unsatisfactory as compared preferences of this kind does not lie in any special fond-
with that of the Scots (which for the moment I neither ness for any particular brand, but 'in the hard fact that
affirm nor deny), we have only our blind following of it pays to push certain well-advertised lines. If the
profit "is equally good, and if there is a steady public
our leaders to thank for it, and upon the whole I am demand, it is better business to handle a popular line
inclined to think that we shall be well advised to take than to try and galvanise one that is less known and less
matters more into our own hands in the future than we profitable. So long as we leave enemy goods severely
alone we cannot be very far wrong.
have done in the past. Our leaders must understand that

this Scottish triumph is a serious blow to their prestige.

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50 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST Decembek 25, 1915

illusion, a year of realisation, a year of determination.

New Terms oi Supply Disillusion because we have learned that the nation
with which we are more kin in race than any other in this
great war is our bitter enemy, whose hatred of us we yet

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN cannot understand, whose lust for power is beyond our
reckoning, whose might we can only meet with something
that new terms of supply to the
Trade are now in force in respect of —mightier the manhood of the British Empire and re-

all Retail sources of the lands that lie peaceful under the shadow of

Aour Flag. year of realisation because we have found in it

that, however well each of us as individuals has carried

on business as usual, it is a very unusual business that

Wethis nation of shopkeepers is carrying on. realise that

our peaceful pursuits, ingrained in us during the Victorian;

era, are not the best nidus for military efficiency, and

once again the nation has had to find itself, as of old, a

race whose oldest sense is the defence of hearth and

Preparations, and the Retail Prices home. We have it in the men who keep vigil on our
are their face values.
Fleet we have it in the men who have fought in the
;

Details rvill be sent on application. East and the West ; we have it in those who are now

THE " SANITAS " CO., Ltd., Limehouse, LONDON, E. stepping into the ranks to help prove to the world again
December 1915.
that Right is Might, that Freedom is the Universal

—Heritage of man. But the realisation goes further our

business eyes have been opened to the fact that, we were

—getting careless the Germans spell it " decadent." Thev

had thought that our foolishness in giving them so much

FINEST PURE business that might as well have been done within oui

own borders was evidence of our decadence. It was
merely that we bought in the cheapest market and sold

LIQUORICE JUICE in the dearest. The year has taught us to be more care-

ful in future of -whom we buy. We have as a nation put

on our thinking cap, and maybe before the war is over,

2 OZ. & 4 OZ. STICKS, or soon thereafter, the Empire will come in to help the
nation to a fuller realisation of our responsibilities to

148/- per cwt. carriage paid to stations within ourselves in this matter. And the third thing we have

200 miles of London 2/- per cwt. allowed on dis- —learnt during the year determination. What of that
;
Is it not that every man and woman of us who is left to
%tances beyond. 5 discount for cash with order.

6. S. MUMFORD & SONS, FARRINGDON ROAD, LONDON. carry on business as usual will forget to be in the least
selfish, will endeavour to do the bit that lies in front of

M MZMJj g a i a a a m m m us, will aim at the conservation of everything, be it

material, money, time, or the many things that are covered

by the words Service and State '! The determination is

3 BRITISH w to sink self in the needs of the nation, and to continue in
determination to make each day better than the one before
ABSOLUTE ALCOHOL3 JtBSULUIfe ULUUHUL.
J it. Thus is it that Progress is made, Good Will
— —engendered, and strange to tell ! Peace invoked.
M
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& £g HJas. Bu rrough Ltd. 0"%c e/gf% H Jamaica Logwood.

TTlTTl"'"iT LOXL!j

Af" revolution in the art of Urine Testing.'*—Medical Press & Circulat In our issue of December 4 (p. 62) we reported that

ENDOLXTIG- TUBES there was an extreme scarcity of Jamaica logwood in this
country, and that the control in Jamaica was in the

"The Laboratory i« t!i« Waistcoat Pocket." hands of an American syndicate, who, while starving
the British markets and keeping their own well supplied,
Wholesale Terms rtt application to the Sole Proprietors had advanced prices 300 per cent, to the U.K. Since then
the British Government has declared an embargo on the
-E.JSTCHER, FLETCHFP * fin.. l,*An HOLLOWAY, LONDON, H.

exportation from Jamaica, except to British ports, and

Editorial Articles. immediately on receipt of the news prices in America
advanced 10e. to 15c. per lb. all round, and there was
A Year of Trial. great indignation at the British action. Since German
aniline dyes have been cut off, logwood, which now sup-

" Whether the war lie long or short, according to man's plies practically all the blues and blacks used in the
scale of calculation, it will bo as yesterday in the scale
United States and Canada, has become very prominent
—if the Great Arbiter of events, and no longer than is
again. The " New York Commercial " has been investi-
necessary for vindication of the Right a condition pre-
gating the matter, and finds that :
cedent to peace between the nations. In the fullest con-
"At the office of Herman Metz's company (the Farb-
fidence that the Right will prevail, we join with many
others in this Christmas week issue of the G. & D. in the werke-Hoechst Co.) it was held that this is simply another
good old wish for brightened homes and happy families, act to cripple American business and divert it to British
with Success to our Arms ! "
factories. No doubt the English manufacturers see a
The most momentous year that any of us has seen has
chance to monopolise logwood blues and blacks, dye the
passed since these words were written. A year of dis- cloths themselves, and compel this country to buy of them

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December 25, 1915 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST 51

rhe finished product," was the way a representative of the list that the number of these season's greetings does not

house put it. " It is a short-sighted performance, sure to diminish, but the contrary :
arouse bad feeling, but so was the original blockade on
Allen & Hanburys, Ltd. Lorimer-Marshall, Ltd.
German dyestuffs." Allen, Stafford, & Sons, Ltd. Macfarlan. J. F., & Co.
Baiss Bros. & Stevenson, Mandall & Co., Ltd.
On the other hand the American Dyewood Co., the prin-
Ltd. Maw. S., Son & Sons
cipal importers of logwood, were inclined to a more im- May. Roberts & Co.. Ltd.
Berton, Arthur. Ltd. Mitchell, N. W., & Sons,
partial view. British Milk Products Co.,
Ltd.
" The English are as badly off for dyestuffs as we are," Ltd.
said this authority. " They probably slapped on the National Drug Co., Ltd.
ombargo without particularly investigating the 'situation Browning, \V., & Co. Newbery, F., & Sons, Ltd.
just on the general principle of holding on to what you've Burge, Warren & Ridgley. Northern College of Phar-
got in time of stress. It is true that there is enough log-
wood obtainable from Jamaica to supply both this country Ltd. macy.
and Great Britain with logwood dyes, and that without Orridge & Co.
unnecessarily depleting the island's resources. . . . Canada Burgess, E.
will certainly suffer as badly as this country. She has Owbridgc. W. T., Ltd.
depended on our factories for dyed goods, and I don't Cook, E., & Co., Ltd. Paine & Co., Ltd.
think she can turn to the English factories because they Cox, A. H., & Co., Ltd. Pears. A. & F., Ltd.

—are pretty well restricted in output the more so becauso Daisy, Ltd. Potter & Clarke. Ltd.
Ransom, W., & Son, Ltd.
of the need to make shells and other war materials. The Duncan, Flockhart & Co. Robinson & Sons, Ltd.
-it nation in this country is critical. The factories have for Edwards, W., & Son.
a long time been living from hand to mouth in the matter Saneers.
pi dyes, and there has been no chance to accumulate a Elt's College.
veservo of logwood. . . . The result will inevitably be that Smith, T. & H.. Ltd.
many American factories making dyed goods will have to Erasmic Co., Ltd.
close down until the embargo is lifted. American aniline- Standard Optical Co., Ltd.
dye producers cannot supply the shortage, and will hardly Eucryl. Ltd. Suttley & Silverlock, Ltd.
•erect more factories when the raising of the embargo may Swales, Thomas.
cut away their business at one stroke at any time. ... If, Evans Sons Leschcr & Webb. Tyrer. Thos.. & Co., Ltd.
on tho representations of this country. Great Britain were United Chemists' Associa-
to declare the embargo off, it would be an act of especial Ltd.
courtesy and favour, although, no doubt, it would be also tion, Ltd.
dictated by good policy and a desire to maintain friendly Fairchild Bros. & Foster.
Goodall, Backhouse & Co. Vinolia Co.. Ltd.
relations without strain. After all, the logwood is Harley, Thomas. Westminster College of
Hovenden, R., & Sons, Ltd.
Britain's, and she may do as she likes with it. Of course, Howards & Sons. Ltd. Pharmacy.
the embargo will mean largo losses to us, but as it is pre- Idris & Co.. Ltd. Waide, Thomas, & Sons.
sumably an act of war many contracts will probably be Wright, Lavman & Umney,
Liverpool School of Phar-
cancelled." macy. Ltd.

As a result of representations by the leading American London College of Chemis-

silk-mills in New Jersey to the State Department, who try.

have approached the British Ambassador on the subject, Lorimer, J.
there may be some modification of the embargo, as the
The majority of the greetings are in this issue ; some
American dyestuffs and cloth factories will have to .sus-
were printed last week, and others fall to appear on
pend operations shortly, involving, it is said, 40,000 men
WeNew Year's Day. join with our friends in wishing
in New Jersey alone. The Jamaica logwood-industry has
0. <0 D. readers a joyous Christmas and all prosperity
always had a tendency to gravitate towards the United
in the coming year.
States, because previous to the war there was little or no
The Drug=tariff and Cost-prices.
use for it while cheap and plentiful supplies of aniline
Tnr. Insurance Commissioners have arranged to consult
dyes could be obtained from Germany. Moreover, the representatives of the British Medical Association and of
the Pharmaceutical Society before finally adjusting the
rates of freight between Jamaica and the United States prices of drugs and appliances printed in the agree-
have advanced far less than those between the West Indies ments or to be decided throughout the year. Outlays
and this country have done. Germany being now closed on carriage and other incidental expenses incurred on the
cost, and not included in the official estimate of esta-
as a source of dyes, the dyeware, trades in this blishment-charges, will not, we trust, be overlooked by
country turn to the British Colonies, but they find them- these representatives.

selves in a decidedly awkward predicament for the sup- Injustice and Incompetence.
Mr. Charles Roberts, M.P.. is "scotched," not killed.
—ply of logwood extract and its allied preparations log- He is still of opinion that panel chemists in Scotland
ought not to be treated differently from panel chemists
wood powder and hematine crystals. The Americans are in England and Wales. It is apparent, therefore, that
buying up all the logwood they can lay their hands on, Mr. Roberts has not grasped the real situation. Medical
and that something had to be done to remedy this state
of affairs was obvious, and we do not suppose that any Benefit has been cheaper in Scotland all the time, because
panel doctors are better physicians and prescribers than
unpleasantness will eventually result, as there is plenty of
logwood for everybody. English and Welsh doctors are. The Scotch prescriptions
have been so cheap that in only three areas was dis-
Greetings. counting threatened, while in numerous areas the chemists'
bills worked out at less than Is. 6/1. per insured person,
At a time of such exceptional stress as the present it is so that the chemists received a bonus of about 6d. per
insured person. What Mr, Roberts wanted to do was
particularly gratifying to us, as it will be to the whole to apply to these chemists a new system which is
not required in Scotland, and is iniquitous in England
chemical and drug trades, that so many manufacturers and Wales because shortage of the Drug Fund is due
and wholesale houses make our pages the medium of to excessive prescribing, either on account of the bad
conveying' their seasonable good wishes. The Christmas medical custom of giving medicine too frequently,
and New Year cards which we are printing for them give malingering on the part of patients, or excessive sickness.
a note of distinction to the issues in which they are Penalising panel chemists by taking from them the
125,030/. a year (which Sir Robert Morant estimated
inserted, besides reminding us that this season of good as the "saving") will not remedy any of these things
will heralds an era of peace that is " comin' yet for a' a fact to which Mr. Roberts, the Commissioners, and
the Departmental Committee appear to be blind.
"chat." May the happy relations between buyers and

sellers long continue. It will be seen from the following

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52 THE CHEMIST AND DEUGGIST December 25, 19173

American Pharmacy and Dainty Lunches. Pharmaceutical Society

It is some years since we reproduced in these columns of Ireland.
a bill of fare offered by a pharmacy in a Western State
of the American Union. Then we were inclined to regard Council- meeting
the innovation as something that would have its day and

cease to be. It is not so, however, as the following THE Council met at 67 LowTer Mount Street, Dublin,
paragraph about a pharmacy in Hudson, N.Y., testifies : on December 14, Mr. James Tate (President) in the
chair, and there were present Messrs. G. D. Beggs (Hon.
" Manager Burgeron has introduced a new feature in Treasurer), Thomas Batt, J. W. Bowden, J. Michie,
connection with the soda-water fountain at the Economy John Smith, A. Owen Wells, and W. F. Wells.

Drug-store. Dainty lunches and all kinds of fruit will be A letter was received from the Under-Secretary for
served the customers who desire a light meal at any time
of day. Dainty lunches and all free to all who called at Ireland (Dublin Castle) acknowledging receipt of not!
the store. Sandwiches of all kinds and many dainty articles
fications of the appointment of Messrs. J. W. Harvey
of the culinary art will be served there daily." (Cork), George Brown (Dublin), and H. J. Sumner

It will be noticed that this is a natural development (Dublin) as examiners. Messrs. Harvey and Browne
from the soda-fountain, an adjunct to pharmacy which
also wrote acknowledging their appointments.

climatic conditions in the British Isles have so far kept Membership.

in the background. It is different over yonder in many Reports were received of the death of Patrick Garty,
;
Thomas Henry, F. Kilkelly, and John A. Patton, mem-
drug-stores pharmacy has become a subordinate part of bers of the Society, and that Messrs. Copethorne, T.
Horan, P. B. Kelly, J. S. Starkey, M. J. Ussher, and
the business, relegated to an obscure part of the premises, Joseph A. Walsh had changed their addresses.

and dainty lunches at the shop-counter are becoming the Messrs. Robert Gordon McKinstry, Ph.C, Hillside,
Glen Road, Belfast/ and John Martin Poots, Ph.C,
normal condition. Without being pharisaic we may say Rockburn, Newtownards, co. Down, were elected mem-

with confidence that such a pharmaceutic evolution in this

country is unthinkable, if not impossible.

Mistletoe. bers of the Society.

As there were no replies to letters addressed to the
following on March 4 and September 6, it was resolved,
on the motion of Mr. Beggs, seconded by Mr. Smith,
that their names be struck off the register of members :

The festive season, with the usual romantic mistletoe, is Michael Bowden, Uriingford. co. Kilkenny ; Walter

onoe more with us. The erstwhile medicinal plant, unlike Burns, 215 Crumlin Road, Belfast; Mrs. Frances Sproule

most others, does not grow in the earth, but takes root in Caldwell, Ballybofey, co. Donegal John C. Cooke, Baltin-
;

the branches of other trees. It therefore furnishes us with glass, co. Wicklow; George Cooney, Cross Street, Kells, co.

a practical demonstration of a parasitic plant. Gradually Meath John Crawford, Drumshambo, co. Leitrim ; Sander-
;

the roots develop until they penetrate to the inner vessels son Christie, 2 Beresford Place, Dublin ; Lemuel Edgehill.

and tissues of the tree, and henceforward the growth of Monastereven, co. Kiklare; John Fitzpatrick, Ballyjames-

the plant is rapid, until it ultimately becomes a fair-sized duff, co. Cavan Richard L. Griffin, 70 Heytesbury Street,
;

bush. The branches are ligneous, having a yellowish-green Dublin ; Robert Hamilton, Dowra, co. Cavan.

bark. They are much jointed, and at each parting of the Lord Derby's Scheme.

branches two fleshy leaves occur. The plant flowers in A discussion took place with regard to the enlistment
of assistants in the New Army. It was stated that the
March; the flowers, growing in spikes, are yellow and
ranks of chemists and druggists had already been de-
four-petalled. By and by the female flowers give place to
nuded of almost every man who could be spared, and it
opalescent berries containing one flat heart-shaped seed was alleged by some members present that if any more
of their men were taken some of the shops would have
embedded in a viscid juice. It is this sticky juice which
to be closed. It would not be just to the public to
determines the future situation of the plant. take away all the qualified assistants.

The natural propagation of the mistletoe is carried out Mr. Smith : The worst of it is that if we do anything

by the mistletoe thrush. This bird pecks the berries until to safeguard our members' business it will be inter-

it punctures the epidermis, feasts on the luscious fruit, and preted as opposing recruiting.
finally flies away with the one seed adhering to its beak
The remainder of the business was of a routine char-
by means of the viscid juice. In order to rid itself of this
encumbrance it rakes its beak on the branches of some

friendly tree, when, should this tree have a porous bark, acter.
the seed and juice adhere. Then follows the process of
germination, and gradually the roots appear. The method As a result of the sessional examinations of the School
of cultivating for the market adopted by gardeners is
simply an adaptation of this natural process: that is. the of Botany and Materia Medica, held recently, the follow-

berries aro rubbed on a suitable branch, and, with little —ing .awards have been made : Materia Medica Ernest John
attention, growth proceeds.

The theory that birds eat the berries secreting the seeds —Whelan.fi rst prize Armer John Donnell, second prize.
has now been exploded, since the mistletoe invariably grows ;

nn the under surface of the branches, whereas, if the seed Botany Ernest John Whelan, first prize; Armer John

were secreted by th 0 bird it would be deposited on the Donnell. second prize. The school will reopen for the

upper surface of the branch. Nor is the seed (being soft) new session on Tuesday evening, January 5.

likely to pass through the digestive organism of the bird Things Worth Knowing.
uninjured. In former days the berries were used for the
manufacture of birdlime by boiling in water till they burst By " Hugo."
then beating in a mortar, and. finally, washing away the
husks. The dried and powdered leaves' were much esteemed Verbal price-quotations are valueless, as a rule, in cases
as a remedy for of dispute.
an historical fainting fits and all nervous disorders.
Prom point of view few plants are of greater The best system of stockkeeping is the systematic keeping
of a wants book.
interest, that interest dating back over two thousand years
to the Druidical Age. The Druids regarded it with a To preserve plated goods and surgical instruments from
superstition bordering on rust and tarnish rub with an old rag and liquid paraffin.
times the Druidical priest, the supernatural, and at stated
who was the chemist drug- One ounce avoirdupois of glycerin measures 7 drachms,
mgist of those days, went, attended and and 1 oz. avoirdupois of S.V.R. measures approximately
10 drachms.
people clothed white, and cut the by a procession of the
mistletoe with a golden Syrup, hypophos. co. and Easton's svrup will keep for
camtpskoihnrunisenapdftcypellesoe.earavstvsiceolerdeSearsdcoietprsrociiiprhfitlacieteacoclsdntue:dtsncaiiaaisnwnlnmedvraoheewnonecangevhtsoreahauntertrchrmioeteonoounvfapptgorohbaoktiinyceshnedsesot,tdsfh,aifeDoeyaainrlnpvielieidsdnnot,mipstatslhhyeone.y.wmnhmeepinrrTcsiqhheueosafrstrweutaadndeisfgirstvseeitaradhtsneeheddnaes a long time colourless if stored in well-filled bottles covered
with blue paper.

An occasional small discount or gift to a good cash cus-
tomer is much appreciated and is sound business. Do not

show a preference in this respect for the six or twelve
months' payers.

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December 25, 1915 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST 53

Bicentenary of Allen & Hanburys' Business.

Presentations to Messrs. F. J. Hanbury and W. Ralph Dodd.

WE have on several occasions referred to the fact bury and Mrs. Dodd. The Chairman, in opening the
that this year is the bicentenary of the founda-
proceedings, sketched the history of the business from its
tion at Plough Court, Lombard Street, in the City of foundation in 1715 by Sylvanus Bevan, a member of the
London, of the pharmacy which has, in the fourth half- Society of Apothecaries, some incidents in that Society's
career being referred to en passant. One of them was
century of its history, developed into one of the principal
that the College of Physicians once started a rival shop
Mit. Frederick J Hanbury, F.L.S.
to the Apothecaries' Hall in Blackfriars, in one of the
courts leading out of Cornhill. The foundations of the

Plough Court pharmacy were well and truly laid by
Sylvanus Bevan, who stamped the business with his own
characteristic sense, as we are told, of justice and honesty.

The firm has been fortunate time after time in possess
ing men rich in character and intent of purpose. Joseph
Gurney Bevan, who succeeded Sylvanus Bevan, was a
man of high integrity, and also possessed considerable

independence. He sold only drugs of the highest quality.
In 1777 he wrote : " The castor oil is much dearer than

we used to have it ; but I think it is some of the best
I ever saw." William Allen was a man of the most
strenuous activities, who acquired European renown both
from his study of science and from his philanthropic

activities. He was the first of the great men whom the

Plough Court pharmacy produced to become a Fellow of
the Royal Society. Allen conducted the business through
the troublous times of the Napoleonic wars. Mr. Gamble
proceeded to speak of the more important events in

Allen's life, his connection with the Pharmaceutical

Society, and so on, and then spoke in appreciation of

Daniel Hanbury and his accomplishments. Proceeding,

he said :

Coming nearer to our own time is the venerable figure
of Mr. Cornelius Hanbury. (Applause.) Mr. Cornelius
Hanbury attains next year to his golden jubilee as a
partner in this firm, and creates an easy record of long
and earnest devotion to its interests. The great expansion
of the firm's work is, I think we must say, largely due
to our chairman's sagacity and foresight, and lie is, I cm
sure, very often in our kindliest thoughts and memories

—British manufacturing pharmaceutical businesses in the Mr. W. Kalph Dodd. F.C.S.

world Allen & Hanburys, Ltd. The employes and and is witli us to-day in spirit. ... It is a source of the
staffs of the company at home and abroad have been greatest pleasure to have the privilege of offering our
congratulations to the vice-chairman not alone on the fact
anticipating the event since 1903. but the outbreak of of the attainment of this anniversary, but also on the
war prevented the jubilee manifestation which migiht circumstances in which this anniversary finds the firm

have taken place in happier circumstances. The em-
ployes commissioned Mr. Percy Bigland to paint a por-

trait of Mr. F. J. Hanbury, F.L.S. , vice-chairman of
the company, similar to that which he painted of the
chairman, Mr. Cornelius Hanbury, twenty years ago.

This portrait (an engraving of it was printed in our
Summer Issue) was presented to Mr. Hanbury last Satur-

day, and at the same time Mr. W. Ralph Dodd,

HF.C.S., who has been Mr. anbury's co-director, was pre-

sented with a gift of solid silver table articles and a cabinet
of cutlery and silver. This was done in the Hamilton
Hall of the Great Eastern Hotel, Liverpool Street, London,
when about three hundred representatives of the various

staffs of the business in the Metropolis, including about

two score from Ware, were present. The company in-

cluded the following :

Mr. and Mrs. R, J. Hanburv. Mr. and Mrs. F. C.
Hanbury, Miss Hanburv, Miss Faith Hanburv. Dr. and
Mrs. Wilson. Ladv Garble. Mr. and Mrs. Attfield, Mr. and
Mrs. P. Bigland." Mrs. Gamble, Mr. and Mrs. J. Nether-
way. Mr. and Mrs. H. Jenkins, Mr. and Mrs. King, Mr.
P. K. Allen, Miss A. Audrey Locke. Mr. C. J. Angus, Mr.
W. H. McCallum, Mr. G. Roddick. Mr. E. R. Grove, Mr.

W. Haddon. Mr. Clenyg Jones, Mr. W. J. Petty, Miss

King, and Miss Lea-Smith.

Mr. F. \V. Gamble, F.C.S., a director of the company
and manager of the Yere Street pharmacy, took the
chair shortly before three o'clock, and was supported on
the right by Mr. F. J. Hanbury, Mr. Alfred A. Head,
and Mrs. Head. On the left were Mr. Dodd. Mrs. Han-

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54 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST December 2o, 1915'

placed. We also have to congratulate Mr. Frederick Han- Dodd. The Chairman also read the text of the address
to Mr. Hanbury as follows :
bury upon his achievements in the scientific and philan-
thropic worlds. The work that he has voluntarily under-

taken in those directions has been performed in the true To

spirit of his predecessors, who ever had at heart not only Frederick Janson Hanbury, Esquire, F.L S ''
the interests of their business, but also the welfare and the Vice-Chairman of Allen & Hanburys,
Ltd.

progress of mankind. On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the founda-
t ;°" of the above firm,
Appropriate reference was then made to the gifts, and we, the members of the res1pective
staffs of
Mr. Gamble's concluding sentences in appreciation of
the recipients were cordially cheered. Allen & Hanburys, Ltd., London,

Mr. J. Netherway (Hon. Treasurer) then made a stir- The Allen & Hanburys Co., Ltd., Toronto
ring speech, telling how he had been approached three
years ago by Mr. Bradbury and Mr. Petty in regard to Allen & Hanburys (Africa), Ltd.,
the bicentenary of the business, and what the employes
should do on the occasion. He traced the growth of the Allen & Hanburys (Australasia). Ltd.,
presentation fund, spontaneous from the outset, and
Allen & Hanburys (South America), Ltd..

Allen & Hanburys (Russia), Ltd. and Foreign Agents,
t ask vou to accept this
whose names are herein yourself as a memento
recorded/

album and oil-painted portrait of

ultimately crystallising in the idea that the pre- of this auspicious and historic event, and as an expression
sentations should meet three essentials. Firstly, they of the esteem and high regard in which vou are held by
i .should be worthy of the historic occasion ; for indeed it all of us. Our several interests are bound up with yours
in carrying on in this and in other lands the important
—is an historic and a unique occasion the bicentenary of enterprises which have sprung from the pharmacv founded
in Plough Court in the year 1715. and we earnestly trust
any firm. They should be worthy the historic occasion,
worthy the great house of Allen & Hanburys, and, above that you may long be spared to direct, in association with
all, they should be worthy the acceptance of the your colleagues, the various businesses of which Allen &
directors, Mr. Hanbury and Mr. Dodd. From all the
Hanburys, Ltd., is the parent company.

ramifications of the business came support of the scheme, 18th December, 1915.
so that the presents were a gift from the four parts of " In the second year of the Great War."

the globe. Mr. Netherway expressed thanks to several The address to Mr. Dodd was substantially in the same

whom he mentioned for their assistance, and recalled terms. The names of the donors filled the the rest of

some incidents in the life of William Allen, a man each book.

who did " the utmost for the highest," which also had Mr. Frederick J. Hanbury. on rising to reply, was

been a characteristic of their beloved and venerable received with hearty acclamation. In the course of a few
impromptu sentences Mr. Hanbury said he had a message
chairman, Mr. Cornelius Hanbury. (Applause.)

Mr. W. G. Beilby, the oldest employe in the business, from the chairman of the company, who celebrated his

then gave some contrasts between the business forty-seven eighty-eighth birthday the week before last. He has

years ago and what it is now, as thereby one is better become very feeble, and is practically confined to one

able to appreciate what the two directors have done. He room, and his eyesight is failing very much, but he was

said : I believe there are only four left from that time with the company in spirit that day, and sent the fol-

Mr. Cornelius Hanbury, Mr. F. J. Hanbury (who was lowing letter :

at college at this time), then Mr. Lee, and myself. In '• I regret that loss of hearing and sight, the natural

those days, and for some time after, Mr. Cornelius Han- accompaniments of my advanced age, preclude my being

bury looked after the whole of the business, and prac- present on this auspicious occasion, but most heartily do I

tically did his own bookkeeping; though certainly there —congratulate my fellow-directors and all present on the

was the clerk, a Mr. Bastin, who helped. Contrast the occurrence of this anniversary the record on which they
look back has been so uniformly satisfactory. I have inti-
office then and the offices now. There were three in the mately known the company arid its managers and their

laboratory, two in the warehouse. Mr. Chambers many principles during my long life, having been born in Plough

of ns knew, and Mr. Lee. Those two did the packing Court. For about five years I was sole proprietor of the

and executed all orders. Compare that with the present business, and deeply thankful do I feel for God's continual
guidance and blessing throughout the whole period, and
despatch, wet, and dry departments. There was a shop
for the uniformly high principles of those who have been
porter with two boys under him, and an outside porter associated with me. Very sincerely do I desire there may
who delivered the heavier packages and between-while be a continuance of the same high principles and honour-

did the bottle-washing. Contrast that with the present able conduct which in the days that are past have been so
conspicuously manifested among our esteemed associates of
departments. I believe, as far as I can remember, there
were seven or eight dispensers, so that the whole staff all ranks. Cornelius Hanbury."

numbered sixteen or seventeen. Now it runs into many Proceeding, Mr. Hanbury said :

hundreds. The dispensers lived on the premises ; so did When I first entered the business the whole of the clerical
the shop porter, who slept in the warehouse, and during
the day his bed was tucked- away under the warehouse work was done by the partners, and so carefully were the
counter. You see the immense strides the firm has made
from those days. The first upward tendency was when accounts kept that my father tells an amusing story of
Mr. F. J. Hanbury came into the business, and secondly, how the expense of rinding a dead rat under the floors

when Mr. Dodd went into the directorate. Now one which caused a very bad smell, and the cost of which work
may say of the old firm, as of our Empire, that on some
amounted to 8/., was spread over three years. (Laughter.)
portion of its activities the sun never sets.
I fear we are not, quite so careful nowadays. How the
Mr. W. Radford, factory manager at Ware Mills, then
spoke for the employes there. He said that the firm business has developed in the interval is known to many
of you, and I am pleased to tell you that the history of
started there less than twenty years ago. There were six
hands, and now 300 are working daily at the mills, that and its earlier development is being ably written by
besides fifty of the men who have gone to serve
with the Colours. Mr. Radford spoke most feelingly Miss A. Audrey Locke in a book that will form a handsome
of the kindly relations existing between the firm and their
volume, a copy of which the directors hope to have the
workers, and how much all of them were gratified that
pleasure of presenting to each of you when it is published.
the 200th anniversary was associated with presentations
It should be ready in the early part of next year, and I
to men whom they so much admired.
trust that all who receive it will find time "to read it.
Mr. H. Jenkins, senior traveller, also spoke of the pro- for I am sure that if you do you will share the pride wo
gress that had been made in the business since his asso- may all justly feel in the stories of the lives of those ex-
ciation with it commenced thirty years ago by his appoint-
ment as one of the representatives. cellent men who laboriously built up the inheritance into
Wewhich wo have entered. . . .
are just now living in

exceptionally troublous and anxious times and are all long-

ing for the end of the world-wide war with its attendant

misery and devastation. But if we go back 100 years what

do we find ? In 1815 was fought the Battle of Waterloo
,

which was tho terminating point in the terrible and

devastating European wars that were then raging. If we

go back 200 years, which brings us to the second year o

The Presentation ' King George I., we find that even in that dull period of

was made at this stage, the Chairman and Mr. Netherway our national history we were not entirely free from trouble,

unveiling the portrait and disclosing the present to ' for it was in the year 1715 that the Stuart Rebellion was

Mr. crushed. Let us take courage from the past. Our country

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December 25, 1915 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST 55

has been marvellously blessed and preserved through all —this that there never was a bottle of medicine turned out
past dangers, and I believe it be again,
will though who better or so handsomely wrapped, either in London or
Paris. Mr. F. Warren Smith was the proprietor, and the
can say that \vo do not, both as a nation and individually, way that bottle was wrapped has never been bettered.
mdeserve the | n isli I iienl and discipline through which we
Ho had evidently had a very good education in the art.
are now passing? You may perhaps think that these
remarks are hardly appropriate to the happy occasion on for, like myself, ho was apprenticed in a very hard school.

which wo are meeting, but I think that in a sense tli^y After five years of this drudgery 1 was persuaded to stay
are, as had it not been for the war we had hoped to have
had a far more festive gathering to celebrate our bi- a year longer, my service then being sweetened by a salary
centenary than is now possible with so many of our number of Z&l. a year. When this year expired I left to gain fresh

away doing service to their country, while some have already experience and accepted a situation with Giles & Son, of

laid down their lives in her behalf. Clifton, a well-known pharmacy. It was there that I gained
So far I have spoken of the jpast and of those who have
my pharmaceutical experience. There were porters and
gone before. Well, we cannot continue to live on past
errand-boys there, and I felt in clover and someone of
memories alone, however stimulating they may be. We
importance. It is to the experience I gained in that esta-
have to face a somewhat difficult present and a future
blishment and to the subsequent passing of my examinations,
that may bring its own perplexities. But I am not ? and to my West-end experience, that t owe my success and
pessimist, and am sure that we may face the future with my subsequent entrance into Allen & Hanburys, the firm
confidence if we, one and all, seek each in his or her own I am proud to have belonged to ; the firm which has
brought me into association with you all, and of which I
sphere to do the work that falls to us to the best of
shall have such happy memories.
our ability, and from the highest motives, and follow in
In a few concluding words Mr. Dodd gratefully thanked
the footsteps of those who have given us such an excellent
the donors.

lead. Mr. Percy Bigland then briefly addressed the meeting.

Mr. Hanbury then referred to the happy relations thaf In the course of his remarks he ^aid : Two thoughts have
exist between the directors and the staff in every depart- struck me since I have been here ; one is that nothing

ment, thanking all for their co-operation, and, speaking happens in this world but as a sequence to something
of the presentation to him, said : " I cannot adequately
that has gone before. It has impressed me enormously
— —thank you still less express in words all I feel but this how you are all the inheritors of the noble thoughts and
high policy of the men who have gone before and esta-
I can say, that the picture you are presenting to me is blished the business. The second thought is that there
is evident such a strong spirit of real co-operation among
a gift that is deeply appreciated not only by me, but by you, and it has led to such success, that I wonder the
rest of the world does not understand how it always
all members of my family." will work to success when people will co-operate instead
The Chairman : Ladies and gentlemen, I am sure it
of fighting with one another. (Cheers.)
will be your wish that we should ask Mr. Netherway

to send to Mr. Cornelius Hanbury a suitable reply to
the kind message conveyed through Mr. Frederick Han

bury. (Applause.) Mr. Albert A. Head, speaking on behalf of the

[A letter was sent by Mr. Netherway to Mr. Cornelius original shareholders, said his association, with the firm
Hanbury on Monday, December 20, the message being "re- goes far farther back, for the vice-chairman and he are
spectfully and affectionately offered to you by every member old schoolfellows, and later in life Mr. and Mrs. Cor-
of the staff, and especially by those who had the honour of nelius Hanbury allowed him to be united with their
serving under you before the time came when in the natural
eldest daughter. From the point of view of an original
course of events you relinquished (to a large extent) the shareholder, he said, all were exceedingly satisfied with
reins of government; and we all earnestly hope that ere the result of this magnificent undertaking. The motto
quoted by Mr. Netherway, " The Utmost for the
long you may be restored to your normal health and
strength, and that God's blessing may continue to rest upon

you and your household."] Highest," was most applicable to the conduct of the

Mr. Dodd also had a hearty reception, and the first firm, which he trusted would long continue to flourish

note of his speech was a tribute to the friendly feeling on the same basis. (Applause.)
shown to him by his fellow-workers. The progress of the Mr. G. Eeddick, of the A. & H. Indian agency,
business had been due to the exertion and co-operation
in moving a vote of thanks to the Chairman,

— —of everyone on the staff with the management. There said that he went to India for the firm in 1893. Then
the name of Allen & Hanburys was known to but few
was a time thirty-four years ago when a single clerk except the European population, but to-day that name is
did all the work of that kind and then had leisure to do

some reading in the afternoon. Since that time Mr. Dodd almost as well known in India as in England, and the

had watched the firm grow and grow, and he is proud firm's products are almost as much appreciated.

to have had a share in its development to the splendid Mr. W. H. McCallum (manager of the Plough Court

position which it now occupies. After mentioning that pharmacy) seconded the motion, which was carried by

150 of the employes are fighting for their King and acclamation and, the Chairman having acknowledged
;

country, he remarked upon how much the directors have the compliment, tea was served to the whole company.

appreciated the loyalty, devotion, and whole-hearted co-

operation with which all employes had done their part Coming Events.

under the present most trying circumstances. Mr. Dodd &This section of the "C. D." is reserved for advance notices of

then spoke about the evolution and success of the " Allen- meetings or other events. These should be sent to the Editor
burys " foods for infants, and, referring to his intro- by Wednesday of the week before the meetings, etc., occur.

duction to pharmacy in 1870, said : Tuesday, December 28.

I started early in life by being apprenticed to the so- Royal Institution of Great_ Britain, Albemarle Street. London, W..
at 3 p.m. Christmas lecture (I.) by Professor H. H. Turner,
called drug-business in the Shropshire market town of
D.So,, F.R.S., on " Wireless Messages from the Stars : How
Market Drayton. Instead of being a drug-business proper
the Messages are Carried."
—it was of a most miscellaneous description a departmental
Wednesday, December 29.
store, as a matter of fact, described as a chemist and drug-
gist's, grocery, tea dealers, Italian warehousemen, dealers Pharmacists' Volunteer Training Corps, 17 Bloomsbury Square.
London. W.C.. at 3 p.m. Lectures on Sanitation and First-Aid
in china and glass, wine and spirits, fruit, vegetables, Instruction. The lecture will be repeated on Thursday.
tobacco and cigars, etc., etc. There was very little drug-
trade done excepting of the crudest kind, involving very The " Square Chronicle" No. 10, which reaches us this
hard work in grinding and powdering, and in making week, is the Christmas number. It is the official organ of
horse-balls, sheep-dips, and wheat-dressing. There were no the School of Pharmacy Past Students' Association, and
porters or errand-boys in those days to relieve the chronicles the doings at the School of Pharmacy of both
monotony. The apprentice had to do all that kind of present and past students. Twenty-four pages comprise
drudgery, besides opening the doors and taking down the the present issue, and as the trend of the various articles

shutters. He had also to sweep out the shop, clean the is on the " light " side it is appropriately dedicated to

windows, and do all kinds of dirty work before the daily Christmas. Photographs are given of four ladies who have
routine of business began by donning a clean apron, a carried off the pharmaceutical scholastic honours this year—
garment of which we were very proud. There was no
pharmacy on the dispensing side of the business, and when the Pereira medal, the Hewlett exhibition, the Fairchild
a prescription did come in, such a rarity was it that it scholarship, and a Jacob Bell scholarship.
was a case of " all hands to the pump." But I will say

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56 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST December 25, 1915

Insurance Act Dispensing. a year. The Clerk also reported on the proposed repeat

A Record of matters concerning Chemists' interests in the National prescription clauses in doctors' and chemists' agreements,

Health Insurance Acts. —a letter from the Herts Pharmaceutical Committee being

Reports from Local Centres. included in his report. The proposal was fully discussed
at the Insurance Committee meeting on December 20, and
With special reference to the supply of medicines and the matter was adjourned for further information. It was
appliances. See also Associations' Winter Session. also decided by ten to nine to abolish repeat prescriptions.

ENGLAND. Lancashire (N.E.>.-Mr. W. H. Holland (Chairman of
the Preston Committee) presided at a conference of Insur-
Cbesblre. —Last month at a meeting of panel chemists ance Committees' representatives from Burnley, Blackburn,
in Manchester it was agreed to continue the pharmaceutical
service on condition that the practice of writing "Rep. Bury, Bolton, Oldham, Rochdale, Preston, Blackpool,
?nist." prescriptions was abandoned. This has since been
modified at a meeting on December 13, when the chemists Barrow-in Furness, and Westmoreland held at Preston on
agreed to accept these prescriptions on condition that they December 16. They were unanimous in the opinion that a
are written out in full at the commencement of each month
or when requested by the patient. central office for prescription-pricing is necessary, and it
was agreed that Bolton should be the centre. The Blackburn
Derbyshire. — A recommendation that the panel doctors Committee give the Commissioners' estimated cost of staff',
etc., capable of working a group of approximately 2.000,000
should be instructed not to issue prescriptions in such a
form as to necessitate reference to previous prescriptions prescriptions as follows ; Superintendent, 200/. to 250/. per

was opposed by medical members at the meeting on year; expert supervisor (woman), 120/. to 150/.; ten pricers
December 20 of the Derbyshire Insurance Committee. Dr.
Heyworth pointed out that it would entail extra work upon at salaries varying from 17n. 6(7. to 25s., 455/. to 650?. ; four
the doctors, and they are already short-handed. Mr. C. W. adders and tellers 156/. to 208/. ; office expenses, 200?. to
Ridyard, chemist and druggist, asked why the burden
should be thrown upon chemists, as they are not only 300/. totals, 1,231/. to 1,558/.
understaffed, but are also working at low prices. The ;
suggestion was approved, but a further proposal by the
Lancaster. -A meeting of the Lancaster panel chemists
Panel Committee that a local Pharmacopoeia should be
adopted, so as to facilitate the work of writing out and was held at the King's Arms Hotel. Lancaster, on Decem-
making up prescriptions, was referred to the Medical
Benefit Committee for consideration and report. The ber 16. After a discussion of the Insurance Commissioners'
scheme for grouping the different Committees for the pur-
pose of pricing prescriptions was also considered. It was proposals as explained by the County Committee at a

stated that under this arrangement the cost to Derbyshire previous meeting, the members decided to adhere to their
would be 250?. per annum, as compared with at least
decision not to accept service for 1916 on the ground of
500/. if the work is undertaken separately and carried out
insufficient remuneration and uncertainty as to the list of
in accordance with the requirements of the Commissioners.
starred drugs.
The scheme was approved.
Dudley.—At a meeting of the Insurance Committee on Leeds.— In connection with the grouping of Insurance

December 14, the central prescription-pricing scheme was Committees for the work of pricing prescriptions under
the terms of the new Tariff, the Leeds Insurance Committee
explained and discussed. In reply to the Mayor, the Chair-
on December 21 held a special meeting to consider the
man (Alderman Cook) said that checking at present costs
the Committee 18?. a year. The minimum estimate under adoption of a scheme for grouping the Committees of
the new scheme is 19/., and the maximum 25/. The Mayor
Leeds, Bradford, Dewsbury, Wakefield, and the West
objected to centralisation, his opinion being that for any
district to join up with Birmingham was preparatory to Riding, under which it is proposed to establish an office in
its being snuffed out. The scheme was agreed to.
Leeds to which chemists will send their scripts, and at
Halifax.— The Insurance Committee on December 14.
which the pricing work will be done. According to the
after considering the question of joining the Central Pre-
scription-pricing Bureau to be established at Sheffield, remarks of the Chairman (Mr. John Buckle), it is calcu-

referred the matter to the Finance Sub-Committee. lated that the towns concerned deal with approximately two

Hampshire. —At a meeting of the Finance and General million prescriptions each per year, and that the grouping-

Purposes Sub-Committee of the Hampshire Insurance Com- can be very economically effected. The annual salaries of
mittee, held on December 15, it was resolved to pay
the Joint Committee are estimated at 1,078/., the office
75 per cent, of the chemists' accounts for the month of
November. At a meeting of the Medical Benefit Sub- expenses at about 100/. per year, the furnishing cost 200/.,
Committee, held the same afternoon, it was decided that
" repeat " mixtures should not be allowed in the coming and two calculating machines 150/., the total estimate being;
1.528/. The Chairman announced that he had been
year.
appointed Chairman of the Joint Committee, and that the
Hertfordshire.— At a meeting of the Insurance Com-
mittee at Watford on December 20, the Clerk reported on Leeds Committee's Clerk (Mr. J. A. Atkinson) had been

the proposed prescription-checking scheme. He estimated appointed Secretary pro tern. Mr. Atkinson read a letter

that this county's share of the expense of the East Anglia intimating that the Commissioners approved the scheme,
Bureau will be 126/.. compared with 92/., the present cost,
of which one half is borne by the Panel and Pharmaceutical and Mr. Buckle proposed that the scheme be adopted and
Committees, but he suggested that the Panel Committee
might, in carrying out its obligations as to over-prescribing, that steps be taken to have it adopted by the Commissioners.
find it cheaper to obtain access to the Committee's records
and contribute to the cost instead of instituting a separate Middlesex.—The Middlesex Pharmaceutical Committee

scrutiny. He also stated that "the Commissioners have met on December 15 at Westwood House, High Holborn,

intimated that in the present exceptional circumstances, London, W.C., Mr. Herbert Skinner in the chair. Arising
and pending further experience, they have decided to take
out of the correspondence were various items suggested by
steps with a view to making available for Insurance Com-
mittees nut of sums released in consequence of the new official circulars dealing with the establishment-charge and
Tariff arranqcnicnls* such amount as fairly represents the
additional cost devolving uoon Insurance Committees emergency dressings. The official point of view was not
through the introduction of the new svstem as compared
with the cost of the discharge hv Committees of their accepted on the latter question, as dressings for surgery use
present duties in checking prescriptions. The details of the
proposed additional grants are not yet available." The are not encouraged in the county. It was stated that the
Clerk recommended the Committee fn urge strongly that
the pricing establishment should be in London, not Norwich. question of stock mixtures was before the Panel Committee,
The bureau will cost 983/. to begin with, rising to 1,257/.
and it was felt by the meeting that these things, hitherto
* The italics are ours, and indicate that chemists are, after all,
paying- for prescription-pricing through consenting- to the reduc- not allowed, would come into use owing to the acceptance
tion on the Drug-Tariff prices.— Enuoit C. A- T>.
of a national system. Resignations from the panel were

not numerous, and mostly from those resident in
London county Several additions were made. On the

question of hours of business and surgery hours little can

be done owing to many doctors having to do two and three

men's work because of the depletion of the medical service.

It was agreed that oxygen should be paid, for and several
referred prescriptions also be allowed. The claims for

setting up a checking bureau at Bloomsbury Square were

considered, together with the charge of one-fifth of a penny.

As this would mean a contribution by the county of nearly

300/.. if was felt that further details are necessary before a

decision is arrived at, and, on the suggestion of the Chair-

man, the matter was postponed to the next meeting.

Southend.—The Insurance Committee is not satisfied that
the scheme proposed by the Commissioners for estab'ishing

a central pricing and checking bureau for East Ansrlia will

bring the measure of economy and efficiency anticipated,

and therefore see no reason for altering the present arrange-
ments. The Committee is of opinion that efficient adminis-

tration cannot be obtained unless a more convenient centre

—than that selected (Norwich) is chosen. A meeting of the

Pharmaceutical Committee was held at 136 Broadway on
December 13, Mr. Sydney F. Body presiding. It was
decided that, representation be made to the Insurance

Committee for the purpose of securing the following bene-

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December 25, 1915 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST 57

fits: (1) Double dispensing-fees when a prescription has to —scriptions in which panel chemists had a distinct interest,
be dispensed after closing-time; (2) that all dressings and
appliances supplied by pharmacists for emergency use by the Pharmaceutical Committee must be placed on the same
footing as the Panel Committee; also that any alteration
a panel practitioner be priced at cost price on the new in the method of writing orders for drugs and appliances

Tariff, with the addition of 33g per cent. (3) discontinu- must be intimated to chemists as well as the practitioners,
;
as provided for in proposed Regulation 2 (ii.). They further
ance of the practice of repeat prescriptions. The President
suggested that the proposed Regulation is not a feasiblo
and Secretary were authorised to sign the combined pro-
or adequate way of securing the abolition of "repeat"
test which is to be forwarded to the Insurance Commis- orders, and that it would lead to needless controversy and
confusion and failure. The Commissioners have re-
sioners with reference to the new Tariff. It was decided
plied, pointing out that they are in a difficulty in
that sample checking of prescriptions priced by the Pricing
altering the terms of the doctors' agreements at the present
Bureau for this area be done by the Executive Committee
time, as they are virtually under a pledge to the medical
of the Pharmaceutical Society during 1916, and that Jfi.
profession not to alter the conditions of service while a
per insured person be paid to the Society for the job. largo number of medical practitioners are on active service.
They therefore did not feel that they have a free hand.
Surrey.— The Insurance Committee considered on
A promise was given, however, that the representation of
December 22 a report regarding prescription-pricing under
the Standing Committee would receive due consideration
the combined scheme, which will cost Surrey 300/. a year, on ths first opportunity for the complete revisal of the
Medical Benefit Regulations. After a discussion, in which
the total for the ten areas in this division being 1.240/. to the view of tho General Council was expressed in terms
of congratulation on the success attained by the Standing-
1,375/. The Finance Sub-Committee were of opinion that Committee, the report was received and adopted.

the staff suggested (twelve to fourteen persons) is quite There w-as also submitted a financial statement indicating

inadequate, so also is the money allowed, and the Chairman that the recent operations of the Standing Committee,
which had fortunately been successful, had incurred a con-
moved accordingly, also regretting that the present siderable expenditure of the money originally subscribed for
the purpose of defending and promoting the interests of
arrangement should have to be abolished, in spite of the panel chemists. It was therefore recommended that in the
month of January a statement and appeal should be issued
fact that the Commissioners appeal to the Committee on to panel chemists, and it was remitted to the Finance
the grounds of economy and " groat national emergency." Committee to carry out this recommendation.

—Sussex (East). A meeting of East Sussex panel chemists

was held at the County Hall, I. cues, on Wednesday, Decem-

ber 15, to confer with the Medical Benefit Sub-Committee

of the Insurance Committee. All present who had pre-

viously sent in their resignation (C. d; D., December 11,

p. 45) agreed to continue service under protest for the
year 1916. Dr. II. Collins, one of those who spoke, recog-

nised that chemists have a real grievance, but hoped that

by combined efforts prices might be remedied by July next

for the following year. Edinburgh. -Chemists have been paid 90 per cent, of
their accounts for November and the balances due from
West Bromwich.-A meeting of the Pharmaceutical January, February, and March. The Insurance Committee
has also communicated with each chemist with regard to
Committee was held on December 14, Mr. James Lock in withdrawing the resignation notices as agreed by the
Pharmaceutical Standing Committee (Scotland).
the chair. The Chairman and Secretary were authorised
Lanarkshire.—The chemists have unanimously agreed to
to sign a letter of protest against the inadequacy of the
support the agreement which has been arrived "at between
establishment and dispensing fees in the 1916 agreement the Pharmaceutical Standing Committee and Mr. Roberts,
and to cancel the withdrawals from the panel recently-
to be forwarded to the Insurance Commissioners. It was sent in.

considered desirable to apply to the Insurance Committee WALES.

for funds for prescription-checking and administrative pur- Cardlff.-At the meeting of the Insurance Committee on
December 17. it was reported that the Welsh Insurance
poses. A letter was read from the Panel Committee, saying Commissioners propose to establish in Cardiff a prescrip-
tion-checking bureau for all the areas in Wales, and on the
that if funds are available they will certainly apply for motion of Mr. D. Arnott (chemist) a resolution was
carried that the proper method of carrying out the work
—Atheir share. It was decided to pay the Secretary in future. would be by a Joint Committee of Insurance Committees,
meeting of the Insurance Committee was held o:i and that steps be taken to establish such a Committee;
December 15, when the scheme for the formation of a further that this Committee is prepared to enter into a
prescription-pricing bureau, to which West Bromwich would scheme on the lines suggested by the Commissioners, on
the understanding that such contract is distinctly limited
contribute, was approved. One member said he thought to a period of six months.

tho scheme had been rushed on the Committee. —Glamorgan. The proposal of the Welsh Commissioners

West Hartlepool.— At a meeting of the Insurance Com- that the whole of the Insurance Act prescriptions dispensed
in Wales should be priced by the Cardiff Committee was
mittee on December 15, a letter from the Commissioners considered by representatives from Glamorgan, Monmouth-
in regard to the new prescription-pricing arrangement was shire. Cardiff, and Swansea. It was explained that Cardiff
read. It had been decided, said the Commissioners, to would take over the full-time checkers employed by the
other Committees. Mr. Pulling, a Glamorgan representa-
take steps with a view to making available for Insurance tive, had voted against the proposal, but at a meeting of
the Insurance Committee on December 16 it was explained
Committees, out of sums realised in consequence of the that the Commissioners insisted on the bureau being in
new Tariff arrangements, such amounts as fairly represent working order by February 1. and if Glamorgan did not
join in the scheme it w-ould receive no assistance from the
the additional cost devolving upon the Insurance Com-
Treasury in respect to pricing- clone independently. Somo
mittees through the introduction of the new system of members expressed themselves strongly against having to
checking prescriptions.
be subordinate to Cardiff, but ultimately the meeting
Worcester.— The Insurance Committee has decided to adopted Mr. D. Arnott's motion to give 'the proposal a
join the Central Bureau at Birmingham for pricing and six months' trial.

checking prescriptions. Deed of Arrangement.

SCOTiaKD.

General Council of Panel Chemists Scotland Strawson, Georg-e, Yarborough House. Bishop's Castle,
.
chemist and druggist. Trustee: B. T. Poole, The Gables,
A meeting of the General Council of Panel Chemists
Winstanstow, auctioneer. Dated, December 11 ; filed.
(Scotland) was held in the Pharmaceutical Society's House, December 16. Secured creditors. 1,622/.; liabilities un-
36 York Place, Edinburgh, on December 17, Mr. Thomas
Guthrie in the chair. The Chairman explained that the secured. 1.152/. ; estimated net assets. 855/. The creditors

successful result of the recent action of Scottish panel include: Cooper. Taber & Co.. Ltd. (14/.); Evans Sons
chemists was highlv significant and far-reaching in its
Lescher & Webb. Ltd. (9/.): Joseph Thorlev. Ltd. (4/.) ;
probable results. The Standing Committee had deemed it Cupal. Ltd. (4/.): Battle. Maltbv & Bower (7/.); Ayrton
expedient to convene the General Council, so that they
might have a fuller explanation of the situation and a Saunders & Co.. Ltd. (53/.); Anulo- American Oil Co/ (7/.) ;
better opportunity of discussing it than was practicable Quibell Bros.. Ltd. (3/.); and Singleton & Cole, Ltd. (10/.).
by mere correspondence.

The Secretary then submitted the report, and explained

in detail the situation up till the recent happy termina-
tion of the dispute between panel chemists and the Govern-
ment. The report also referred to one matter of import-
ance, which, though it did not materially- affect the terms
of agreement, was yet so important that the Standing Com-
mittee had deemed it right to enter a protest. This point
occurred in the amended Resndations for 1916 dealino- with
Regulation 2. Section (i.). The Standing C"ommittee had
lodged with the Commissioners an obiecfion to what had
now come to be called "the elimination of the Pharma-
ceutical Committee," and insisted that in any matter such
as that referred to—namely, the writing of "repeat" pre-

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5S THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST December 25, 1915

Associations' Winter Session. that, they anticipated. Alderman Clayton's exhibits in-
cluded his examination-papers at school, analytical notes
Other meetings are reported under Insurance Dispensing made during his apprenticeship, and specimens of chemicals

Reports. he made while at Bloomsbury Square. He was cordially
thanked for his address, on the proposition of Sir Thomas
Birmingham.— The inaugural meeting of the Birming-
ham Pharmaceutical Association was held at the Grand Barclay, seconded by the President.
Hotel on December 15, Mr. E. W. Mann (President) in
tho chair. Alderman F. C. Clayton. J. P., pre-Vice- C. A.. A. —The Chemists' Assistants' ^Association held their
Chancellor of Birmingham University, delivered an address
on Personal Reminiscences of Pharmacy in the Early usual •'Christmas smoker'' social at 17 Bloomsbury Square.
'Sixties. He recalled how, becoming interested in photo- London. W.C., on December 16, Mr. E. Thompson in the
graphy at school, he determined to become a chemist, and chair. The attendance was not large. The musical pro-
towards this end entered upon a 5a years' apprenticeship gramme was of excellent quality and highly appreciated.
with Harvey & Reynolds, Leeds. This was a splendid
Among the contributors were Messrs. Malone, Watts,
training-ground, inasmuch as the business had a large
connection with medical men in the West Riding, an Stanley-White, Millner, and Gosling. Mr. Gosling also
establishment for photographic and scientific apparatus,
and a considerable commercial analytical connection. Tho accompanied the singers at the piano. During the evening
Alderman's first introduction into the business was to count a collection was made on behalf of the Benevolent Fund
200 gross of corks into one and two gross lots. From that
he passed to splitting and chopping sarsaparilla, and thence of tho Pharmaceutical Society.
into the shop, where, under the supervision of the head
assistant, he had to fill such bottles as were required, was Chemical Society.—A meeting was held at Burlington
taught to make infusions and decoctions, and to weigh
seidlitz powders, for there was no measuring in those days. House. W., on December 16, Dr. Alexander Scott, F.R.S.,
After a spell in the wholesale department, where he came
directly into touch with many surgeons and became presiding. The first paper was on the Propagation of
acquainted with the use of surgical appliances, he was
transferred to the laboratory. Mr. Reynolds also gave him Flcime in Mixtures of Hydrogen and Air, by Messrs. W. A.

the use of his private laboratory in the evenings. There Haward and T. Otogawa. This was communicated by Pro-
Afessor Bone.
he got a sound practical knowledge of commercial analyses, short sketch of the history of tho investi-

such as tho examination of water-supplies, iron ores, lime- gation of the propagation of flame in explosive mixtures

stone, beeswax, chloride of lime, soda ash, adulteration was given, in which Professor Bone said that the first

of flour with alum, egg-yolk, etc. So much of his time experiments were made in France, and the investigators
was spent in this department that he was very little in
came to tho conclusion that in every case the rate of pro-
the shop at all during tho latter part of his apprenticeship,
much to his mother's delight, because she was convinced pagation follows a curve which is represented by two lines
"that sooner or later he would poison someone in making
meeting at an acute angle and at a point representing
np those nasty medicines." He hail occasion to examine
many specimens of potassium iodide, and within three the composition of the most explosive mixture. They

months of the completion of his apprenticeship Mr. Rey- assumed that by producing these lines to meet tho axis they
nolds persuaded him to read a paper on the subject at the
arrive at figures showing the limits of explosion. Three
first British Pharmaceutical Conference, a daring thing
—phases are met with in any combustion of this kind tho
for a youth of twenty-one to do. After leaving Leeds he went
first in which the flame travels at a uniform rate along the
for a session to Bloomsbury Square, and his most interesting
recollection of the work there was accompanying the tube ; the second an oscillatory period ; and the third the
period of detonation. This order is followed when the
professor of botany to the Royal Botanical Society's Gardens
ignition is started at the open end of the tube. When
in Regent's Park, where the dissection of fresh plants was
dono under the professor's guidance. In the spring of 1865 ignition takes place at the closed end, there is a period

ho passed the Minor, and in July of that year became a of initiation, but of much shorter duration than in the first
case. This is followed by a steadily accelerated speed, and
full-fledged pharmaceutical chemist. He subsequently snent this then passes into detonation. The figures given by these

fifteen months at Herring's, in Aldersgate Street, where French chemists have been accepted till very recent times,

Charles Umney was head of the laboratory. Umney was when Wheeler, working under the auspices of the Home

his senior by six weeks, and their friendship had been Office on the conditions of explosions in coal-mines, found
that a careful repetition of the earlier experiments did
unbroken since. He resigned to become chemist to John not justify all the deductions. Thus he found that the
& Edmund Sturge, manufacturing chemists, Birmingham, velocity of flame-propagation does not start from zero and

and his connection with pharmacy then ended. John increase gradually, but starts with a definite value for the
Sturge, the founder of the business, had been apprenticed weakest mixture of gases which will explode. Also he

to tho celebrated John Bell. He started business in 1822 showed that the assumption previously accepted that the
by making potassium chlorate, which he sold at 21s. per lb.,
his largest customer taking 7 lb. The price gradually fell diameter of the tube does not seriously affect the results

to 3</. per lb., but is now, on account of the scarcity of is erroneous. The experiments made by the authors were
potash, about Is. bd. About 1829 Mr. Sturge was joined done with tubes I5 metre in length and diameters of 9,
by his brother Edmund, and they commenced to make 11. and 25 cm. The ignition was started with a taper, as
sodium bicarbonate. According to a memorandum in the this was found to cause the least disturbance to the bulk
books, Howards' price in 1828 was 7s. 6(7. a lb. and Sturge's
price in 1832 was 4s. bd. to-day it is about five-eighths of of the mixture in the tube. This precaution is necessary

; to prevent the results of turbulent motion in the gas.

a penny per lb. There were several changes in the firm, Working with these tubes it was found that the oscillatory

and in 1867, when he (the speaker) arrived, Edmund Sturge period starts about 50 cm. from the point of ignition.

was tho sole proprietor, and the principal article that he The effect of increasing the diameter of the tube is to
manufactured was citric acid. The raw materials were
increase the velocity when working with low percentages
lemon-juice, lime-juice, bergamot-juice, all reduced to of hydrogen, but has no effect when the amount of hydrogen

about one-tenth of their bulk by boiling down before being is nearing the higher limit. This is probably due to the
shipped to England. In order to become more intimately
acquainted with this work ho visited Messina five times difference between the thermal conductivities of air and
and Palermo three times, these being the principal ports
of shipment. Among other things ho saw in Messina was hydrogen. Dr. F. D. Chattaway read a paper on the
tho interesting process by which essence of lemon is obtained
from the fruit. The trade in lemon-juice has entirely dis- Crystallisation, of Calcium Tartrate, in which he said that
appeared, as citric acid is partly manufactured now in Sicily by adding a N/5 solution of calcium chloride to a N/5 solu-
and sent over to England as citrate of lime, a brown tion of a neutral tartrate the solution remains perfectly
powder, which saves considerable loss in production and
in weight. During the twenty years he was connected with clear for a time, but gradually crystallises in fine feathery
this trade he know of at least seven firms who had given
it up, and since then two others had also abandoned it. crystals, which finally fill the vessel. On allowing this to
The principal reason, apparently, is that they calculated on stand for a short time these crystals pass into a more com-
pact form which settles to the bottom of the vessel. The
fetting tho theoretic quantity of citric acid which appeared
y analysis to bo in the juice, but, tho result being very feathery salt is a hexa-hydrated form, the compact salt is
a tetra-hydrate. Dr. Chattaway followed this paper by-
much short, they found there was not tho profit in it one on a curious reaction between Tctranitrom ethane and

Potassium Fcrrocyanide. By treating acetic acid with pure

nitric acid, tetranitromethane is formed. This on treat-
ment with sodium ethylate forms the compound

C(N0 2 ) 2 NO.ONa. the sodium salt of nitroform. The
potassium salt may be obtained by replacing the sodium

ethylate by potassium fcrrocyanide, the extra nitro group
being eliminated as potassium nitrite. If the compound
C(NOo) 3 Br be similarly treated with potassium ferro-
cyanide, the same compound is obtained, the bromine
coming away as potassium bromide. Messrs. C. Doree and
L. Grange communicated a paper on the chemistry of
Cholesterol and, Caprostcrol. in which they discussed tho

effect of ozone on these bodies with the object of deter-
mining whether or not they contain two unsaturated

linkings.

Index Folio 824

DECEMBER' 20; 1915 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST 59

Cbemist-Optlclans. —A meeting of the Council of the in arriving at a better figure by furnishing his private-

Society of Chemist-Opticians was held at 42 Cannon Street, Aaccounts. brief discussion then took place.
London, E.C., on December 20. There were present Mr.
Ft S. Horsey (President), Mr. R. Fouracre, Mr. S. W. London (W.).— A meeting of the Western Pharmacists
Woolley, and Mr. J. H. Cuff (Hon. Secretary). The busi-
ness was mainly formal, consisting of approval of the Association was held at the Restaurant Frascati on Decem-
ber 16. The Secretary (Mr. W. E. D. Shirtliff) reported
action of the General Purposes Committee at meetings
on the last meeting of the Pharmaceutical Committee and
held since the last Council-meeting. Two now members
emphasised the need for submitting accounts to the Insur-
were elected.
ance Committee with the prescriptions properly arranged
Doneaster.— A meeting of the Doncaster Association of
in " doctor " order. Ho also informed the meeting ot

the proposed method of payment of accounts for 1916.

Pharmacists was held on December 14, the President (Mr. Arising out of the report of the County Executive Com-
F. W. Plavford) in the chair. There were also present
mittee the question of retail prices and standard of malt

Messrs. M.'H. Stiles. J. C. Marr, E. A. Collings, W. E. extract and cod-liver oil was discussed at some length.
Bowness, H. W. Shaw, and Mr. Harry W. Stiles (Hon. It was stated that an endeavour should be made to obtain
local medical opinion as to what amount of cod-liver oil
Secretary). Mr. L. K. Croft, 65 Craithie Road, was elected should form a standard. The opinion of the meeting was

a member. In regard to the letter from the Liverpool in favour of 10 per cent, of cod-liver oil. Mr. G. A.

Chemists' Association, it was resolved to send a circular Tocher said it would also be of special advantage if a
to those chemists who are not members of the Proprietary
standard is established for malt extract, as good-quality
Articles Trade Association. The Secretary gave a report
malt extract counteracts, to a considerable degree, the
of his attendance at the meetings of the West Riding
objectionable flavour and taste of the oil. The President
county pharmacists at Leeds on November 24, and Phar-
maceutical Committee at Wakefield on December 7. The (Mr. A, R. Melhuish), Messrs. Evans, Knight, and Widgery

discussion of a proposal to close pharmacies on the first spoko in favour of steps being taken to obtain a standard
three nights of the week at 7.30 was postponed, as also
was the question of the advanced prices of proprietary for malt extract. After queries on Insurance matters had

articles. It was resolved to increase the price of laudanum been answered by the President and Mr. Tocher, a collec-

to bd. per oz. and saltpetre to Is. per lb. tion was made on behalf of the Benevolent Fund which
would be included in the " Script " collection per Mr.

Hampshire. —The annual meeting of the Hampshire Procter. The chief topic of the meeting was Panel Service

Pharmacists' Association was held at the offices of the during 1916. Mr. John Keall opened the discussion on
Hampshire Insurance Committee at Winchester on Decem-
this subject. He said the disappearance of the discounting

ber 8. The President (Mr. F. E. Bilson, of Bournemouth) clause was the result of the efforts of chemists' representa-

presided over a good attendance. The Secretary read the tives on the Departmental Committee, and he considered

annual report and the report of the delegates to the Con- the proposed system of prompt payments satisfactory. He

dealt with the chief points in the new Tariff, and especially

ference of Local Associations, which were adopted. The with the 0.8(7. establishment-charge and its influence on

Treasurer's report showed a larger number of subscribing the supply of appliances. He pointed out that as drugs
members than in the previous year, with a balance in
hand of 91. Is. Two guineas had been given to the Belgian would be supplied at cost price the doctors have no say

in the negotiations with the Insurance Committee on behalf

Relief Fund, and three guineas to the Serbian Relief of the Tariff. Mr. Keall insisted that as dispensing by

Fund. The following officers were elected: President, Mr. chemists had been established it should now be maintained.

A. E. Chaston, Winchester; Vice-Presidents, Messrs. C. S. In the discussion which followed Messrs. Procter, Shepherd

Davies, Havant, and S. G. Bartlett, Winchester; Secre- Evans, Shirtliff, Smith, , Knight, and Wilkinson took part.

tary, Mr. C. H. Baker. Coshun Committee, Messrs. A resolution was passed expressing the opinion that the
;

Allen (Aldershot), Baker (Cosham), Bartlett (Winchester.), establishment-charge on Insurance dispensing should be

Chaston (Winchester), Davies (Havant), Dodridge (Wools- at least 1.5c?. per prescription. Mr. Keall replied to
questions raised by the members.
ton), Gare (Lymington), Home (Eastleigh), Howard

(Fareham). Litchfield (Farnborough). Oram (Romsey), Manchester Assistants.- A social function in aid of

Smith (Gosport), Upsom (Cosport), Wilson (Southampton). the funds of the Chemists' Assistants' Voluntary-Aid

Wride (Southampton), and Wainwright (Eastleigh). In Detachment was held by the Manchester Chemists' Assis-

acknowledging a vote of thanks to the past President, Mr. tants' Association on December 8 at the Clarion Cafe. It

Bilson said Air. Chaston was an ideal man for the position, proved to be a decided success in every way, over 108
persons being present. The first half-hour was devoted to
and he had the groat advantage of living at Winchester.

Huddersneld.-A meeting of the Huddersfield Chemists' conversation and the rest of the evening to whist, with
Association was held last week under the presidency of
an interval for refreshments.
Mr. Vincent Shaw. A reply was directed to be sent to the
Middlesex.— A meeting of the Middlesex County Associa-
Liverpool Chemists' Association that steps had been taken
locally to get all members of the Association who are not tion was held at Westwood House, High Holborn, London.
already members of the Proprietary Articles Trade Asso-
W.C., on December 15, the President (Mr. Herbert Skinner)
ciation to join as soon as possible, so as to strengthen
in the chair. Mr. Wolff (Secretary) called attention to
the organisation. Mr. R. C. Walshaw, Secretary of the
Pharmaceutical Committee, reported that he had replied German proprietaries which are being kept alive by
Government action. He also referred to the. lack of metal
to a letter from Mr. Woolcock that, owing to the erection
cases for such things as soaps, whereby British manufac-
of extensive works for the British Dyes, Ltd.", and the large
output of war materials for the home and allied Govern- turers are somewhat handicapped against foreign competi-
ments in different forms, the number of chemists and their
tors. It was urged that strong action should be taken to

focus attention on the British goods. The Liverpool circular

on joining the Proprietary Articles Trade Association was

assistants is barely sufficient to meet requirements for dis- also considered and disappointment expressed at the apathy
pensing under the National Insurance Act and to meet shown by the electorate.. The starring of old members on
domestic requirements, so that there are no men available the voting-sheet was felt to be mere copying of one of the
worst vices of the Pharmaceutical Council. The reports
locally for his Majesty's Forces. With regard to establish-

ment-charges for 1916 under the Insurance Act, Mr. Wal- from the district Associations by Messrs. Peake. Hall, and
shaw was instructed to send to Mr. Woolcock the names
Skinner dealt with domestic matters. The Chairman ex-
of seven persons or firms who will supply particulars with
pounded the proposals for a body to combine all the interests
a view to arriving at the average required."
of the metropolitan area. A great deal of confusion had
London (S.W.). —A meeting of the South-west London
arisen over the matter, and Middlesex had been arguing
Pharmacists' Association was held at Stanlev's Restaurant, with London on parallel lines, with the result that no

Lavender Hill, on December 15, Mr. W. H. Goy (President) agreement had been reached. He suggested a basis for
Ain the chair.
discussion on Insurance Dispensing was unity. Messrs. Wolff.. Palmer, Clement McKee, Brumwell.

opened by Mr. John Keall, who gave reasons why everv Coulter. Hall. Davy. Duncan, and Harrison joined in the

pharmacist should remain on the panel, at any rate until discussion. Ultimately it was agreed that a co-ordination
body is desirable to link up all the loose ends into a
the new terms have been given a fair trial." He hoped

that the few chemists who had resigned from the panel directive council on trade matters, and that all executive

would reconsider their decision. Many of the objections action should continue to lie in the various organisations

—against Insurance dispensing have been removed viz., the in the respective areas. On this basis Middlesex unites
with London, West Ham. and. Essex, together with any
discounting clause. Article 40, and the question of con-

tainers, while provision is now made against losses duo to other contiguous area desirous of being linked up.

market fluctuations. In spite of the general feeling of Women Pharmacists.— A meeting of the Association

doubt as to prompt, payment of accounts, he saw no reason of Women Pharmacists was held on December 14 at Gordon
why this undertaking should not be carried out. providing
Hall. Gordon Square. W.C.. Miss E. K. Hughes in the chair

pharmacists do their part by sending prescriptions in at in the absence of Miss Buchanan. Miss H. A. Martin

the appointed dates. Regarding the establishment-charge continued her series of lectures on psychology, the lecture,
being on The Eye and Ear: Their Structure aid Functions.
of 0.8<?., it is in the power of every pharmacist to assist

60 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST December 25, 1915

Trade Report. —Alcohol. Although no official announcement has been

The prices given in this section are those obtained by importers or made by the distillers, it is quite on the cards that an
manufacturers for bulk quantities or original packages. Tothese advance of probably 9(7. to Is. per proof gallon will take
prices various charges have to be added, whereby values are in place after the Christmas holidays. An advance of Is.
many instances greatly augmented before wholesale dealers
receive the goods into stock, after which much expense may be would bring the quotation to about 2s. 7(7. per proof gallon,
incurred in garbling and the like. Qualities of chemicals, drugs,
oils, and many other commodities vary greatly, and higher 'plus 16s. 3(7. per-proof gallon duty.

prices than those here quoted are charged for selected qualities Ammon. Ichthcsulphonate has been imported from Japan
of natural products even in bulk quantities. Retail buyers recently, and is rather cheaper at 3s. 6(7. per lb.
cannot, therefore, for these and other reasons, expect to
purchase at the prices quoted here. Ammonia Sulphate.— London is firm at 16/. 10s. per ton.
net, naked, at works, for 25-per-cent. ammonia for prompt
delivery; Hull, prompt, 24-per-cent., is 177. 2s. 6(7. Liverpool

;

is 17/. 10s. ; and Lcith is 177. 10s. per ton in bags f.o.b.,
less 3j per cent.

Aniseed is steady at 45s. per cwt. for good Spanish cn the

4a Cannon Street, E.C., December 23, 2 p.m. spot.

Although business in the chemical and drug markets has —Arrowroot. Business has been done in St. Vincent at
practically closed down for the Christinas holidays, a
generally firm tone prevails in most articles of produce, from 2fgil, to 3,%(7. per lb.
and, with a few exceptions, the upward tendency in values
is still evident. The advance in rectified spirit has been Barbitone is quiet, value being about 50s. to £2s. 6(7.
practically decided, but it is not yet announced to the trade.
Makers of chloroform (pure B.P.) have advanced their per lb.

prices by 8(7. per lb. All the synthetic chemicals are quiet Bismuth Subnit. has been rather more freely offered of
with an easier feeling in acetylsalicylic acid and salicylic
acid. Quinine is nominal. Morphine and milk-sugar are late and prices are cheaper at about 15s. per lb. The

firmer. Citric acid and tartaric acid are the turn easier. —Bromides. The position remains as last week.
Ipecacuanha is not quite so firm as stocks of Cartagena
American makers are unable to offer for either prompt or
are accumulating. Nux vomica is scarce and dearer, and
turmeric is selling at higher prices. Among seeds, Russian forward delivery.
anise is steady, canary slow, cumin in better demand,
Camphor continues firm, the spot value of Japanese 2j-lb.
while both fennel and linseed are dearer; coriander and slabs being Is. 8(7., and February-March shipment Is. b^d.
Dutch caraway are unaltered. In fixed oils several sharp to Is. 7(7. c.i.f. to arrive; for i-oz. tablets on spot 2s. has
been paid.
advances have occurred, especially in linseed, cottonseed,
and turpentine oils, and to a less extent in Cochin coconut Canary-seed is slow of sale but steady, at 83s. to 85s.
and soya oils. Changes in essential oils include a firmer per quarter for fair to good Morocco.
market for lemon and cheaper rates for West Indian dis-
tilled lime oil. The principal changes are as under : Caraway-seed is quoted 60s. per cwt. for fair Dutch cn

Higher Firmer Easier Lower the spot.

Cassia lignea Caster oil Acetyl- Agar-agar —Cassia Lignea. The spot value of fair selected is about
Chloroform Bismuth
Cottonseed oil C tlcutta) salicylic 60s., and to arrive the sales include near at hand at 50s.,
Fennel seed subnit.
Linseed I acid and buyers.
Linseed oil Chloral
Coconut oil Ammon. hydrate —Castor Oil. Hull make of medicinal quality for May-
Nux vomica (Cochin) spot)
Lemon oil ichthosulphon Lime juice August delivery is quoted at 547. per ton in barrels and
Potash caustic Oitiic acid Lime oil
Salamac 1 Geranium oil at 50/. for first pressing f.o.r. Hull, usual terms. In Liver-
Soda crystals Palm oil (spot)
Milk-sugar (African) pool the spot price for good seconds Calcutta is nominal,
' (1916) Morphine Tartaric acid Quinine (sec.
Soya oil Salicylic acid and for near at hand 7(7. c.i.f. has been paid, with 8(7.
Turmeric hands)
Turpentine Tannic acid asked.

—Chloral Hydrate. Sales have been made at 12s. per lb.

in bond, being cheaper.

—Chloroform. The makers have advanced the price of

pure B.P. by 8(7. per lb. to 2s. 9(7.. 50 lb. and upwards
2s. 8(7., 2A cwt. and upwards 2s. Id., and 10 cwt. and
upwards 2s. 6(7. per lb. These prices, owing to existing
market conditions, are quite without engagement, and the
falling clause is now withdrawn.

Cablegrams. Cloves are steady, with sellers of fair Zanzibar at 7j(7.
on the spot, and the sales to arrive include October-Decem-
—New York, December 17. Business in drugs is active. ber shipment at bid., and buyers.

Wintergreen (sweet birch) oil has been advanced to $4.00 —Cod-iiveh Oil. Our Bergen correspondent writes on

per lb. Mexican sarsaparilla is firmer at 12c, and senega December 13 that the market is unchanged at the nominal
is dearer at 45c. ; gentian is also stronger at 14c, and rate of 335s. per barrel c.i.f. London for prime non-con-

elecampane-root has been advanced to 14c. Curacao aloes gealing oil. Another quotation is from 335s. to 340s. f.r.
is firmer at 14c, and the quotation for so-called American Hull, war insurance extra. Rather more inquiry is
saffron-flowers is now $1.00 per lb. Opium, peppermint,
reported in London, and small sales of finest 1915 medicinal
and menthol are unchanged. [Delayed by censor.]
oil have been made at from 337s. 6(7. to 340s. ex wharf.
—New York, December 23. Business is fair. Opium is
—Copper Sulphate. Firm at 45/. 10s. per ton for December-
steady at $11.00 per lb. for druggists'. Menthol is lower
at, $3.5 per lb. Peppermint oil in tins is firmer at $1.90. February delivery and at 43/. for March-April.

Buckthorn bark is dearer at 50c. and guarana has been Coriander-seed is quiet but unchanged, at 17s. 3(7. per
advanced to $1.15. Both American saffron flowers and
cwt. for common and at 18s. 6(7. to 19s. for fair to good
arnica flowers arc dearer at $1.25 and 38c per lb.
Morocco.

Creosote (Beechwood ) is quoted at from 6s. 6(7. to
7s. 6(7. per lb.

Cumin-seed is in better demand, but the price is unaltered

at 90s. per cwt. for fair Morocco.

Fennel-seed is dearer, 28s. bd. per cwt. being now

required, and the tendency is upward.

—AFenugreek-seed. fair business is reported at lis. bd.

to 12s. per cwt., according to quantity, on the spot for

AcETANILIDE is unaltered at from 6 s. bd. to 7s. per lb. good Morocco.

—AAcetic Acid. limited quantity of glacial is still avail- —Gentian. The Arana has brought 279 packages from

able in one quarter at. from 135s. to 137s. 6(7. per cwt. ex Bilbao (probably about 4 tons), which are badly wanted,

wharf in carboys, but another holder asks 150s. per cwt. the price of which is about 55s. and cut 65s. per cwt. on

80-per-cent. commercial in casks is quoted at from 93s. per the soot.

cwt. upwards. —Ginger. Stocks of Jamaica are small, and held for full

Acetylsalicylic Acid.—The demand has fallen off for prices, ordinary to medium being quoted at from 60s. to
the remainder of the year, and buyers are not interested,
especially as the Government has withheld permits for 67s. bd. and good to fine 67s. to 75s. per cwt.
exportation to the Colonies and the Allies. The principal
English maker asks 47s.. and for small lots sold by dealers —Honey. California is asking higher prices, and on the
up to 48s. 6(7. has been paid.
spot fair quality is obtainable at 40s. per cwt.
—Agar-agar. Quiet, withspot sellers at from 2s. 8(7. to
—Hydroquinone. Current quotation is now 35s. per lb.,
2s. 10c7. per lb as to quality.
which price has been paid.

Ipecacuanha remains firm at 24s. for Matto Grosso. which
has been paid. Sellers of Johore quote 20s. and 16s. for

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December '40, 1915 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST 61

Cartagena. Fair arrivals of the latter description are Shellac is steady at from 79s. to 80s. per cwt. for the
taking place from the United States, and there is a stock
of about 90 bags in the drug warehouse. usual standard TN Orange quality, the value of fine Orange
TNbeing 88s. ; the sales for delivery include
for December

Jambul-seed is now quoted at 7'/. per lb. in limited at 8Us. 6(7. and March 82s. bd.
—Soda Crystals. It is reported that makers have advanced
quantities; export inquirj has improved.

Lemon Oil is again firmer in several quarters, shippers their prices for next year by 20s. per ton.

asking from 4s. to 4s. 3(7. per lb. c.i.f., and spot is practi- —Soy. Some arrivals arc taking place, but they are badly

—Acally the same figures. Sicilian report, dated Decem- wanted; from Is. llrf. to 2s. per gal., duty paid, is quoted

ber 11, states that a brisk and very insistent local demand, for Seuloong brand.
unsupported as yet by any corresponding demand from
Tannic Acid of finest quality is offering at the lower
abroad, has accentuated the aloofness of producers, and, as price of from 4s. 9(7. to 5s. per lb.

a consequence, the aspect of our market has completely Turmeric is dearer, the sales including Madras finger at
27s. bd. per cwt. with 30s. asked. Bengal is quoted 25s.,
changed, and at present is very firm. Local speculators, Cochin split bulbs 17s., and Cochin finger 20s. to 21s. on

who were quiet so long as the article was declining, are the spot.

now fanning the flames.

Lime-juice is rather easier at from 2s. bd. to 2s. 9(7. Turpentine shows a sharp advance, American closing at
per gal. for good West Indian. West Indian concentrated
is quiet, no sales being reported. —48s. 3(7. per cwt. on the spot a rise of about 2s. on the

—Lime Oil. West Indian distilled is cheaper at from week.

6s. 3d. to 6s. 6(7. per lb. ; fair sales have recently ueen Heavy Chemicals.

made hand-pressed is quiet. Manchester, December 21.
; It is safe to say that never in living memory has there

Linseed is again dearer. Russian is quoted 70s., La been a parellel to the state of things ruling in the chemical-
Plata 70s., Calcutta 74s., and Morocco 80s. per quarter.
trade during the past year. The nearest approach to it
Menthol is firm, sellers asking 12s. per lb. spot for was in 1870, when the Franco-Prussian war caused a
Kobayashi-Suzuki, and for February-March shipment 12s. stoppage of French and German sources of supply, and
c.i.f. has been paid; combined with oil this position is
quoted at 16s. 6o". to 17s. c.i.f. British producers were not slow to take advantage of their
opportunities. Compared with the present world war, it
—Metol. Sales are reported at up to 100s. per lb. was of comparatively short duration; but, with the out-

break of hostilities in 1914, both makers and merchants in

Milk-sugar is tending firmer, with sales of best Dutch this country were in a position of great difficulty owing to

powder at 73s. per cwt. lack of transport and shipping facilities, while importers

—Mint Oil. Holders ask 4s. 2d. per lb. for Japanese were also badly circumstanced, as they were unable to
replace German chemicals, salts, dyes, colours, etc. It is
dementholised on spot; sales of Suzuki have been made at
just possible that the position will be relieved to a great
4s. l^d. For February-March shipment 4s. c.i.f. has been
extent, if not altogether, by organised production in this
paid.
country and by our Allies. Even at the time of writing
—Morphine. The makers' list price for hydrochloride
the whole trade is in the melting-pot, and although imports
powder is 13s. 6(7. per oz. net, but it is difficult to buy at
and exports are improving generally,' the outlook for all
this figure as the makers are extremely busy. The price in
concerned is far from clear. This is partly due to the
U.S.A. is much above this parity, viz., $3.50.
Government control of railways and' shipping, but notwith-
—Myrrh. Good Aden sorts are obtainable at from 55s.
standing all this a fair business is passing both on home

to 57s. bd. per cwt., and Aden sittings at 45s, Somali is and export account. At the moment, owing to the near

offered at proportionately less. approach of the end of the year, all parties seem to be

Nux Vomica is scarce and dearer, the spot value of " marking time," and we must expect little change in con-

Madras being 22s. bd. per cwt. Aditions until 1916 is well forward. glance at the prices

—Oils (Fixed). Linseed is Is. 9(7. higher at 37s. 9(7. in of the principal articles of production during the past year

pipes and 38s. 9(7. in barrels on spot. Cottonseed is 2s. ltd. shows marked advances in many directions; for compari-

dearer at 41s for crude in pipes on spot, refined in pipes son the prices ruling in 1914 are given in parentheses.

being quoted 42s., and sweet refined in barrels at from 45s. Acids, for instance, show a marked advance : oxalic,
to 47s. Coconvt is steady on spot at 49s. for Ceylon in
Is. 3^(7. (9<7.) ; tartaric, 2s. 6(7. (Is. 5i(7.) ; citric, 2s. 8<7.
pipes and 51s. in hogsheads; Cochin is firmer at 51s. to 53s.
(2s. 6(7.) per lb. ; cream of tartar, 98 per cent., 180s. per

on spot; London pressed is also firmer at 43s. Ra-pe is cwt. (140s.) ; acetate of lime, brown, 187. (8/. 10s.) grey
;

harder at 43s. for ordinary brown crude, naked, and at ditto, 327. (117.) ; alum, loose lump, 9'. 10s. ground in
;

45s. for British refined in barrels. Soi/a ' is firmer at bags, 107. to 107. 10s. per ton (77. to 77. 10s. respectively);

33s. bd. for Manchurian in cases in London; Hull (spot) sulphate of alumina, 137. 10s. per ton (57. 15s.) ; sal
extracted is 37s. Lagos Palm on spot is easier at 38s. bd.,
ammoniac, 55'. (477. 10s.) ; white powdered arsenic, 32'.

and in Liverpool 38s. is quoted nominally for January- (16'. 15s.); bleaching-powder (nominal), 127. (77. 10s.);

February shipment. sulphate of iron, 30s. (15s.); sulphate of copper, 457. (26'.).

—AOrange Oil. Sicilian report, dated December 11, states Lead products are scarce and in some cases unobtainable,

that the market firmness has not diminished, and business and this also applies to some potash compounds. Soda

has been done at the full parity of prices asked by compounds of late have shown a strong upward movement.

producers. White caustic soda, 72 per cent., is not quoted; 70 per cent,

—Phenolphthalein. Early in the New Year it is antici- is 257. per ton, against 97. 12s. 6(7. at the corresponding

pated that larger supplies will be offered from abroad, when period of last year. Soda ash, soda crystals, bicarbonate

prices ought to be appreciably lower. Buyers are there- of soda, and ammonia alkali, although advanced, do not

fore advised to defer purchasing. present any striking feature. Phosphate of soda is 247.

Pimento is quoted at from 2j(7. to 2%d. for fair to gcod, per ton (137. 10s.) ; vellow prussiate, Is. 9(7. per lb. (6j(7.) :

and 2%d. to 2^(1. for ordinary to middling. chlorate, Is. 5c7. (9(7*) per lb. ; Glauber salts, 70s. (47s. bd.)

—Potash Prussiate. Sales have been made at 3s. bd. to per ton. In coal-tar products, owing to carbolic acid and

benzols output being under Government control, only small

3s. Id. for yellow on the spot; March delivery is quoted lots are offering at high prices. Sulphate of ammonia is

Soda2s. 9(7. is still Is. 9rf. also to some extent under Government control in agricul-

Quicksilver closes steady at from 67. 12s. 6(7. to bl. 15s. tural interest. Prices as usual have been variable during
per bottle. The Arana has brought 5,000 bottles to London
from Seville. the year, but at the close they are about 12s. 6(7. over the

opening rates.

Quinine is a dead letter, and the second-hand quotation Continental Drug and Chemical Markets.

is nominal at from 3s. 3<7. to 3s. bd. per oz. for the usual The following notes chiefly refer to the Hamburg and
Berlin markets up to date of November 27:
Abrands. block of 30.000 oz. is offering at 2s. 9,7.
—Salicylic Acid. It is possible to buy acid powder at Albumen remains very firm, dried egg offering for prompt
delivery at m. 14.50 per kilo. The nominal value of dried
from 18s. 6(7. to 20s. English make appears to be offered egg-yolk is also m.14.50. Liquid is higher in consequence

in rather larger quantity. —of higher prices from neutral countries viz., m.250 per

Salol is very firm and rather more freely offered at 100 kilos.
Anise, Star, is lower in consequence of the decline in
between 46s. and 50s. per lb.
demand and new imports. Prices have declined to from
—Senna. There is still a good demand for Tinnevelly leaf
—m.375 to m.380.
from second-hands. Fair bold greenish is quoted at W^d. Caraway-seed. Dutch is extremely dear at from m.135 to
and fair greenish at 7i(7. per lb. The drug-auction will m.140 per 100 kilos, for first quality.

bo held early in January, when some relief may be

afforded.

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62 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST December 25, 1915

—Cascara Sagrada. German stocks arc reduced to a few Memoranda for Correspondents.

thousand kilos., and new imports are not expected. Prices! Communications should be accompanied by the names and
have slightly advanced already, and are expected to advance
considerably. From m.165 to m.175 per 100 kilos, is quoted. addresses of the writers, otherwise they cannot be dealt with.

Cevadilla has met with an active demand, and large Queries by subscribers on dispensing, legal, and miscellaneous
quantities have been sold at from m.210 to m.220.
subjects connected with the business are replied to in these
—Cinnamon. The inland stocks of Ceylon are quite ex-
columns if they are considered to be of general interest.
hausted, but of lata small quantities have arrived, and
further importations are expected. The latter are offered Correspondents are requested to write each query on a separate

mat from m.760 to m.765 for No. 1; from m.660 to 665 piece of paper. Every endeavour is made to reply to queries

for No. 2; from m.630 to m.635 for No. 3. without delay, but insertion of the replies in " the next "
issue
Citric Acid is active: m.10 per kilo, has been paid for
prompt, but the actual quotation is m.10. 50. cannot be guaranteed, nor, as a rule, can they be sent by post.

Cloves.—Demand has fallen off and larger quantities Letters submitted for publication (if suitable) should be written

have been offered at lower rates. Fair Zanzibar are quoted on one side of the paper only. Their publication in " The
at from m.280 to m.285 per 100 kilos.
Chemist and Druggist " does not imply Editorial agreement
Collodion is cheaper, makers having reduced their prices with the opinions expressed, even when the writers use a
by m.10 per 100 kilos.
" nom de plume."
Colophony remains in very active demand, although for
many industrial purposes substitutes are used. American &Complete and systematic indexes of the " C. D." are presented
sorts E-H are from m.260 to m.280 per 100 kilos.
with the last issues in June and December each year. Every
Condurango has advanced in consequence of very active
demand. First natural is offered at from m.95 to m.100. subject dealt with week by week is included, and corre-
and selected at from in. 110 to m. 115.
&spondents are advised to refer to these and the " C. D.
Ether.—Rectified (0.720 D.A.V.) has been reduced bv m.19
per 100 kilos, and 0.722, 0.750 by m.24 per 100 kilos. Diary" before asking the Editor for information, so as to

ETHYL Acetate has been advanced by the makers bv m.20 save time.
per 100 kilos, on account of the increased rates for raw
Cost-prices in the Drug Tariff.
material.
—Sir, I notice that " Alpha " agrees with me on the
Juniper-berries. —Italian berries are cleared. only
Northern being obtainable in Germany, which are of a injustice to country chemists of charging cost-price for
very inferior quality. Scandinavia appears to have nothing
loft. Of late small quantities of Italian (1915 crop) have drugs in the Tariff, but I think there is a better remedy
been offered at from m.55 to m.60. for this than the one he suggests. The choice of a 5-per-cent.
list would still give the city chemist the advantage. I
Oils (Essential).—Star-anise can be had at m. 14.50. suggested in the " Chemists' Pricing Guide " a distance
Cassia, remains neglected at from m.9 to m.10. Ceylon percentage, framed as follows : Take London as the centre
Lemongrass is quoted at m.6.50. but the demand has fallen
off. Messina Lime is to be had at ni.16 still. Menthol has of supply, the radii to be calculated from Charing Cross,
remained in very active demand, and m.55 is now quoted. the percentage allowed beyond twenty and within fifty miles
Peppermint also remains in active demand; at present should be 2^ ; beyond fifty and within 1C0, 5; beyond 100.
it is possible to buy at m.22. American oil is practically 7^r. These percentages to bo added to the total net account
nnobtainable. of each chemist within the specified areas.

Waxes.—Bees" has temporarilv been quoted at slightly Yours faithfully,
lower prices, but only little interest is shown. Carnauba
is not in very active demand. Fattv grey is still quoted Philip, Herne Bay. (74/50.)
at m.570 and sandv grey at m.575. Yellow sorts have been
sold at from m.630 to m.650. Japanese is very firm, and The Future of Insurance Dispensing.
Montan remains neglected.
—Sir, Although I have been in business over twenty-five
American Markets.
years and a subscriber to the G. <£• D. during that time, I
As the number of firms in London importing chemicals have until now objected to rushing into print even to
from the United States appears to be increasing month by
month we give a selection of prices of the most interesting voice my opinions regarding trade matters. I think now,
articles. It must be clearly understood that these prices
however, the time is opportune for even the most
are only approximate in the New York market and" vary cartilaginous of the craft to endeavour to make our
grievances heard. It appears to me, after three years"
daily. The following were current rates on December 9
and 11: Acetanilide, firm at $1.25; acetphenetidin has been experience, that the National Health Insurance Act is the
sold at from $16.00 to $16.50. Benzoic acid has been sold most impracticable and clumsy bit of legislation that has
at $4.00, and salicylic acid is virtually out of the market.
Carbolic acid is more plentifully offered; oxalic is held Webeen foisted on the British public during my lifetime.
for 52c. after good sales at 50c. Antipyrin is quoted at
from $26.00 to $28.00. and very scarce;" genuine copaiba were told that it was but an experiment for three years,
balsam is 45c. ; balsam peru is' dearer at $5.25 to $5 50
Bismuth subnit. is dull at $3.00 to $3.25. Caffeine has and, such being the case, I consider chemists as a body, and
been in better demand at $11.00. Chloral hydrate is not those particularly who have had so many dealings with
to be had. Cocaine for export, has advanced. Beechwood the authorities on our behalf, have acted loyally and faith-
creosote is held at $6.00 per lb. and very scarce. Epsom fully to make that experiment a success. The fact that
after the initial three years new methods of working our
msalt can be had at from 3£e. to 4c. Formaldehyde is still
part of it have to be tried is evidence of its failure, and
offered at 9|c. barrels, but demand is better. Belladonna- the logical conclusion must be now that there is not
leaves firm at $1.35. Menthol nominal at $3 10 Methvl sufficient money allocated by the Government to the Drug
salicylate is offered at from $3.25 to $3.50. Castor oil 'is Fund to meet its liabilities. Within the near future, unless
practically unobtainable. Norwegian cod-liver oi 1 is the chemists are to do this work at a loss, it will have to be
turn easier at from $78.00 to $80.00. and Newfoundland is brought home to the country, if the Government « ill not
listen to us, that the money must be found, or chemists
$61.50 to $63.00. Contracts for 1916 delivery of glycerin
will rise en masse and refuse to dispense for them. Un-
are reported to have been placed at 50c. per lb. "Some doubtedly our Tariff's and methods of calculating prices in
refiners have raised quotations to 68c. One factor which the past have been wrong (from an impartial observer's
operates against a larger output from such new sources
as cottonseed, linseed, and soya-bean oil is the fact that view), and calculations based on cost price 'plus dispens-
refiners of theso oils who have engaged in glycerin produc-
tion have no means of disposing of their fattv acid by- ing-fees, either alone or with an establishment-charge of
products. Opium is unchanged at $11.00. Quicksilver has
advanced to $130.00 to $135.00 per flask. Sales of quinine — —some kind, will more nearly approximate to justice all
havo been made at 60c. per oz. from second-hands and even
less; market is unsettled. Golden seal is in larger demand round. But and it is a big " but " cost price alone is
at $4.35; saccharin is quoted from $11.50 to $12.50 and
these high prices have been paid for urgent orders. Vanillin simply ridiculous. No one in any other calling would
is very firm at 57c. to 58c. Mr. Charles L. Huisking. in attempt to hand over goods at even cost price ; but we
are agreeing to hand them over at cost price minus many
the course of_ his New York report, states that there is a
losses that must be incurred in the one item even, of buying
healthier business tone owing to a cessation of speculation in pounds and dispensing in drachms, let alone costs of
and more consumption and export buying.
carriage, etc.. as enumerated by many of your corre-

spondents. All should agree that a small profit on drugs

(say, 10 to 20 ner cent.) and a better scale of fees for
dispensing wou'd be a business proposition, and one in
which we could see a return for our money better than

this establishment-charge, whatever that may turn out to
be. Furthermore, the Government should be made to under-

stand that it must meet its liabilities, as it does in every

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Deckmbei; 25, 101.", THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST 63

«>thor department, and if there be a deficit at the end of Subscribers' Symposium.

any period it could bo met by provision for I ho shortage &For interchange of opinion among " C. D." readers, and brie?
Woin the next Budget.
chemists have boon "too lor.g- notes on business and practical topics, especially new ideas.

suffering fools; it is time we awoke and combined, as

Mr. Crocker remarks in your current number, to '"down
Wetools " if wo do not get our demands.
have six rronths What is the Good of You?

in which to decide our fate : whether wo shall stand as " Considering the useful work the P.A.T.A. have done just
recently in sending members of their Council all over the
<ono man and insist on our just and moderate demands or
country pointing out to chemists the value and advantage
sink into a slough of despond whence none will take the
of membership of the P.A.T.A. and the CD. A., and trying
trouble to rescue us, regarding us unworthy the least to rouse somnolent men to facts which have been obvious

effort on our behalf. In conclusion, I say as soon as the to all of average intelligence for years, the result of the

had old year 1915 has passed let us start a propaganda last election published in tho C. & D. last week is very
disappointing and very discouraging. On November 30
•of united ''backboned" men, who intend to get what is
Mr. J. Keall addressed a certain provincial Association
right at whatever cost. Believe me, the public will back
on behalf of the P.A.T.A. The Association was a small
—us when it knows our wrongs. Yours faithfully,
one, and the Secretary sent out invitations to this meeting
Streatham. C. Beeese.
to several chemists in adjacent towns. He asked these
Public Dispensers' Association and Apothecaries'
chemists to send along suggestions if they could not attend.
Assistants.
1 know as an absolute fact that this Secretary received
—Sir, I am gratified to learn from your correspondents only one apology for absence. About half-a-dozen men

that tho Council of this Association has decided to remove treated the invitation with absolute silence they had not the
;
all and sundry with dispensing qualifications from the list
common decency either to send an apology for absence, or
of members. As it has for upwards of seven years been
even to scribble a word of thanks for the invitation. For
.abundantly clear that tho Council of the P.S.G.B. has been years men of this tvpe have been asking, What is the

unwilling to follow the path of Section 4 [b), a definite good of the P.A.T.A. ? Now it is the turn of the P.A.T.A.
to inquire of such: What is the good of you?" C. \V
pronouncement such as " Verb. Sap."' gives is refreshing,
Kcmseii-Bourne (West Bromwich).
'but it is only the ipse dixit of " Verb. Sap." Similarly

"all and sundry" is a little preparation of Mr. Gibson's;

it may appear just as good to pharmacists, but it forms no

part of Section 4 (6). I do so wish your correspondents The Prescription, " C. & D.," December 18, p. 63.
My interpretation of the amateur's attempt to copy Mr.
would read Section 4 (b), and try to grasp the fact that
Howdon's prescription on index folio 803 is :
neither we nor the Section ask for any of their so-called

""qualifications" to bo "confessed," but for registration. Dec. aloes co. 1-3 cone. ... ... jij.
Aq. ad jviij.
The not particularly creditable wirepulling mentioned is

no secret: stops have been taken to render the "official" 5ss. ex aq. ter d., 11, 3. 7

ukases sterile. Noblesse Oblige. (65/13.)

[This is the first time it has been stated on behalf of H. It. Cheney (Leominster).

apothecaries' assistants that all they want is registration Wo suggest

not qualification. It is registration and qualification which Dec. aloes co. (1 to 3) cone. ... jij.
Aq. ad jviij.
are provided for in Section 4 (b) of the Poisons and Phar- Cochl. mag. ter in die, at 11, 3. and 7.
G. E. Hankinson <£ Son (Uttoxeter).
—macy Act, 1908 qualification as chemist and druggist or
Dec. aloes co. cone. (1 to 3) ... iij.
pharmaceutical chemist necessarily accompanying registra-
Aq. (ad) ... Jviij.
tion as such, which is what would result if the Pharma-
ceutical Society made the by-laws referred to by our corre- Coch. mag, t. in d. 11. 3. 07
spondent. If it were in the power of the Pharmaceutical (or sig. of doctor H. E. T.).
Society to form a register of apothecaries' assistants there T. B. F.
would bo little, if any, objection ; but would this satisfy

those persons ? Editor C. & 2?.]

Recruiting Chemists and Grocers. Dec. aloes co. cone. 1 to 3 ... jij.
Aq. ad jviij.
— mySir, I should like to be able to see the faces of
(Sig.) 3ss. ex aq. t.i.d. 11, 3, 7.
brother chemists as they scan the list of " starred trades " A. Mortimer (Harrogate).

appearing in Monday's paper. Many, like myself, will wish

that, instead of entering tho profession, they had gone Medical Curriculum for Pharmacists.

into tho potted-meat business or the grocery. One begins Mr. J. G. Walker, S6 Moyser Road, Streatham, S.W.,

also to wonder whether those in authority have entirely sends us the balance-sheet of the fund which was raised to

lost their reason. On looking through the "list, I find that defray the expenses of the Committee appointed to consider

makers of preserved meats, grocers' managers, sheet- the question of modifying the medical curriculum for

imakers are starred absolutely analytical, consulting, and Apharmacists. balance of 21. 4.5. remains after paying ex-
;

research chemists (no mention of retail chemists) are exempt penses, which has been handed to the Benevolent Fund of

up to a point only. Pharmacists are a live necessity for the the Pharmaceutical Society.

well-being of the country, but according to this last reading

a grocer (whoso business could easily be managed by his Legal Queries.

wife) is a much more important person. I have been for The majority of difficulties in regard to trade law are explained
in the legal section of " The Chemist and Druggist Diary,"
years a member of the Pharmaceutical Society, but I am 191S, beginning on page 405.

beginning to wonder what on earth the Society exists for

other than to take our sub. ! The present condition of

pharmacy is absolutely rotten. Betrayed by our leaders —Zadaw (69/66). You will see by reference to the C. <£• T).

over the N.H.I, work, wo have yet to learn that they have Diary, 1916, pp. 349 and 350, that entire drugs may be sold
unstamped by licensed persons under any name or recom-
displayed any intelligence over the matter of helping to mendation. In regard to your third query, see " Pharma-

get pharmacists starred. Again, what has Mr. Glyn-Joncs ceutical Formulas." The second is outside the scope of this

done? Has he been any more energetic than the "sleepy column.

Society of Bloomsbury " ? If ho has, then it is his modesty —O. I. C. (72/24). If a preparation of yours is colourablr

in not letting us know which has caused these notes to be imitated by a competitor, although your design is not

penned concerning him. and I offer him .my apologies. In registered, you have still your remedy in common law.

conclusion, I should like to point out the absolute unfair- This is a matter on which you should instruct a solicitor.

ness of our position. I am a married man with a medium- You will find numerous formulas for eau de Cologne in

size family, on the verge of forty, and have to make a " Pharmaceutical Formulas."

contribution weekly to a member of ray family who needs
Myassistance._
business would go to rack and ruin if I

left it, being a purely personal one. Next door to mo is Liver Bouscr (71/10) submits an envelope labelled " Liver

a grocer; the manager has no children, is years younger

no one who looks to him for help. He is exempt. I am Rouser : Cures everything. Prenared only by ," inside
liable to be called up when my group is wanted.
which arc an entire drug in powder in a blue paper and

Yours faithfullv. another entire drug in powder in white paper. He asks,

Had'. (E 19/15.) "Will the entire-drug exemption extend to this?" [Yes.

[Our correspondent has apparently overlooked tho prior A parallel case is the sale of inhalers containing camphor

announcement, C. & D.. November 27. p. 38. See also C. i D., at one end and menthol at the other separated by cotton-
December 11, p. 34. Registered chemists are as effectively wool, and sold unstamped under such a name as " Influenza

reserved as arc grocers. Editok C. it D.\ Inhaler."]

Index Folio 829

64 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST December 25, 1915

Miscellaneous Inquiries. —- Surrey (56/15). We are unable to recommend any book
We do not undertake to analyse and report upon proprietary article*
of the kind you require.
nor to publish supposed formulas of them. When samples are
—.4. T. G. (61/37). Without knowing the purpose to which
sent particulars should be supplied to us as to their origin,
Wethe cement discs are put it is difficult to advise you.
what they are, what they are used for and how.
should think that strongly compressed carborundum would
We do not as a rule repeat information which has been given in this
be the best for the purpose.
section during the past twelve months, but give the reference
—P. G. F. (57/61). (1) Arsenical Weed-killer:
to the issues in which the information may be found. If
querists cannot refer to these they may obtain the numbers Arsenious acid 3 lb.
Hydrochloric acid 1 gal.
&from the " C. D." Office at the published price, usually 6d. Water 1 gal.

Aniline-blue 6 gr.

—WeDrift (45/33). are unable to give you the origin Boil the arsenic, acid, and water in an enamelled iron
vessel until the arsenic is dissolved, then make up to
of The Teem " Draf,t " as used in Mincing Lane, or how 4 gals, with water, and add the aniline-blue.

it. was first ' instituted ; all we know is that it has been (2) The best general Preservative for Wood is crude
in vogue for very many years, and is one of the customary
creosote. There are, however, numerous methods employed
trade allowances as established by the rules of the General depending upon the use. of chemical preservatives, such as
arsenic, mercury perchloride, and copper sulphate.
Produce Brokers' Association of London. In the drug-

trade it is looked upon as a deduction from the gross

weight for waste. It cannot, therefore be considered as Hydrocarbon (57/5). The Viscosity of an Oil is measured
" an additional allowance with no special meaning at all." in an instrument called a viscosimeter. Redwood's pattern
is the one generally employed as a standard instrument.
—There are two kinds of draft in Mincing Lane East India This consists of an arrangement for regulating the tem-
perature of the oil and accurate means for allowing the
and West India. "East India" draft applies to oil to ilow through an orifice, the time being taken by a
stop-watch. Most of the special treatises on fats and oils
most goods generally imported from India, China. Japan,
deal with the matter in detail.
etc., and "West India" draft to produce from America,
—Wulfruna (54/4). The manufacture of aceto-salicylic acid
Africa, and the European Continent. East India draft is
was described in the C. <£• D., August 22, 1914, p. 38. It is
calculated at 1 lb. on every package exceeding 28 lb. too soon to repeat the information.

gross weight if the tare of that package does not exceed

28 lb., and at 2 lb. if that tare is exceeded. West India

draft is allowed on packages exceeding 56 lb. gross at

the rate of 1 lb. up to 1 cwt., 2 lb. for 1 to 3 cwt., and

4 lb. for packages over 3 cwt. gross. Nemo (65/14).—Mineral Oil cannot be saponified like

—W. F. (50/34). By " Hoffmann's Liquid " we expect that vegetable and animal oils, and its emulsification with gums
is more difficult. Emulsification is best accomplished by
Hoffmann's Anodyne is meant. This is a mixture of the interference method, which consists of introducing the
mineral oil into an emulsion of vegetable oil. In preparing
Oil of wine 3 drachms
Ether a lime-cream it is necessary, therefore, to adopt this process.
Rectified spirit 8 oz.
16 oz. You will not succeed unless part of the .oil employed is

(See "Pharmaceutical Formulas," p. 764.) There is also a other than mineral oil.
Hoffmann's Elixir (Compound Orange Elixir. N.F.). but
—F. W. M. (60/46). Luminous Paint. You need have no
this is rarely prescribed or required in this country. Cedar
fear of interfering with the "activity" of oyster-shells used
—oil and cedarwood oil arc the same thing namely, an oil
in the preparation of luminous paint, as these are merely
distilled from the wood of the. Virginian cedar. There is a form of calcium sulphate, which is afterwards reduced

also a cedar-leaf oil, but we consider that the cedarwood to a sulphide. An abstract of the Balmain expired patent
oil is more likely to be required along with Hoffmann's
Anodyne. Dwas last given in the C. <£ ., July 26, 1913, p. 132, and

—Ph.C. (62/74). A formula, for Solidifying Methylated on many other occasions we have printed formulae for the

Spirit is given in " Pharmaceutical Formulas," p. 950. bases from which luminous paint is made.
The formula given is that originally suggested for making
—/. .4. (60/12).—Purifying Petroleum for Medicinal Use.
•' Spiritine," but caustic soda is better than sodium car-
bonate, and from 1 to 2 per cent, of stearin is sufficient. We have not heard the expression " de-ionising " applied

Aigburth (62/67).—Yellow Colours.—The foliowing are to petroleum, but it doubtless implies purification. The
processes involved in purifying petroleum for internal use
harmless yellow aniline dyes which can be employed for can only be economically carried out on a manufacturing

colouring confectionery, etc.: Saffron yellow, sodium salt scale.

of amido-azo-benzene sulphonate 'primrose yellow. aura- —W. J. (72/7). The easiest way for you to get Green
;
Ointment when chlorophyll is unobtainable is to colour
mine; imperial yellow, ammonium or sodium salt of hexa- the fatty matter with spinach in the proportion of one
pound of the. spinach to two pounds of the ointment-basis.
nitrodiphenylamine citron yellow, sodium salt of xyiene- Boil together until the spinach is crisp, then strain and
; press from the spinach as much of the fat as is possible.
Oil-soluble malachite green may also be used, but we
sulphonic-acid-azo-/3-naphthol. question whether it is obtainable at present.

C. T. C. (59/18).—Cement for Non-inflammable Cinemato-

graph-films.—Acetone or a liquid glue made with acetic
acid is employed for joining films made of non-inflam-
mable celluloid.

—Blackball (106/30). (1) Dental Local An.esthetic—The Retrospect of Fifty Years Ago.

cause, of failures in the adoption of local anaesthetics in Reprinted from "The Chemist and Druggist," Dec. 15,1865

dentistry are due mostly, apart from those caused by the Our Next Volume.

lack of antiseptic precautions, to the state of the gums Our arrangements for the coming year are nearly com-
plete, and we can safely promise the members of the trade
at the time of injection. It is recognised that if the gums a journal deserving of their support. While giving pro-
minence to matters affecting the business of the chemist
are already much swollen and inflamed they are not in a and druggist, we shall endeavour to promote the advance-
ment of pharmacy by publishing original articles on prac-
suitable condition for further infiltration of liquid. In such tical science from the pens of gentlemen whose names are
favourably known to our readers. Our esteemed con-
cases nitrous-oxide gas is better than local ansesthesia tributor. Mr. J. C. Braithwaite, has undertaken to prepare

methods. Your antiseptic precautions are good, but we some descriptive articles on the principal New Remedies

prefer the method of sterilising the syringe by boiling in which have been introduced into medical practice. Mr.
J. C. Brough has in hand a short series of papers on the
water just before use. (2) Sheet Wax" for dental purposes chemical nomenclature of the Pharmacopoeia, in which the
is made by dipping into the melted wax a bottle filled with advanced views of our modern chemists will bo expounded.
Other literary arrangements have been entered into, the
cold water and previously coated with a thin film of results of which will be apparent in our next number.
The appearance of the Journal will be vastly improved,
glycerin. The coating of wax is then cut with penknife as we have arranged that it shall be printed on a superior
paper manufactured expressly for us.
and peeled from the glass. (3) Modelling-wax :

Lard 15 parts

Venice turpentine 25 parts

Yellow beeswax 200 parts

White bole ... 150 parts

Melt the wax, turpentine, and lard together, then in-

corporate the white bole. When a uniform mass is obtained
pour the mixture into cold water. Knead the mass under

the water until it assumes a uniform plasticity.

Index Folio 830

:

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that it keeps indefinitely, and universally gives satisfaction, whilst imitation preparations vary so considerably,
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Try it to-morrow, and note the pleasant increase in the day's sales,
Instruct your assistants to ask each customer if he has ever tried Resinol,
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out at once, and stops itching instantly. With every sale of Resinol
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Soap and hot water before applying Resinol Ointment.

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BRADFORD. MANCHESTER. GLASGOW.

And at NEW YORK.

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December 25, 1915 THE CHEMIST AND DEUGG1ST IX

Telephone: Messrs. r
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HYPOSULPHITE OF SODA. Large Oil Peppermint, American Oil Sassafras, Natural
,, Spearmint
and Pea Crystals (Casks or Kegs). ,. Birch (Wintergreen) ., ,, Artificial
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Weekly Market Reports Mailed on request of Wholesale Buyers only.

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ZINC SULPHATE, Druggist and Commercial Qualities.

Prompt and forward deliveries. Inquiries solicited.

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X THE CHEMIST AND DEUGGIST Decembee 25. 1915

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FOR

MALT & OIL, COD LIVER OIL,
pSat al MALT EXTRACT pEat al

Finest Scotch Malt, Finest Norwegian Oil, Finest English Bottles and Jars.

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are now the standard of quality,
CR£AMS of fa
EXP()RT tradC.

Spun Ointments are the production of Shen Works oniy. All B.P. Ointments are now spun.

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MANUFACTURING CHEMIST,

Head Office, Mills and Laboratory—

SHEN WORKS, Tower Bridge Road, LONDON, S.E.

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BEECHAM'S PI LLS.

REVISED PRICES.

Beecham's Pills

Is. 3d. size 10s. 6d. per doz. net.

3s. Od. ,, 26s. 6d. ,, ,,
5s. Od. 50s. Od. ,, ,,
> new size

' contains double the quantity of 3/- box.

Beecham's Cough Pills :

Is. 3d. size 10s. 6d. per doz. net.
3s. Od. ,, 26s. 6d.

Beecham's Tooth Paste :
IN COLLAPSIBLE TUBES :

Is. Od. size ... ... 7s. 6d. per doz. net.

—Orders : Minimum quantity £5 value approximately. Packages FREE. Carriage PAID.

These Prices are the lowest no matter what quantity is ordered.

TERMS CASH WITH ORDER.
:

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TARTARIC ACID J. C. ARNFIELD

CREAM OF TARTAR AND SONS, LIMITED
BROMIDES
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GALENICALS

FROM CHEMICALLY AND PHYSIOLOGICALLY TESTED DRUGS

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* 1 1* 1*1KJIEST

Why it pays

to sell SCOTT'S

EMULSION SCOTT'S Emulsion re-

PROTECTED PROFIT. QUICK flects credit on the
seller and gives satis-
SALES — NO BAD STOCK. faction to the buyer.
REPEAT ORDERS AND
SATI SFIED CUSTOMERS It bears a good protec-
ted profit, yet is adver-
Never was SCOTT'S Emulsion more widely advertised than tised all over the
at the present moment. The opportunity, to secure a fair United Kingdom.
share of the season's demand for this preparation, is one It is the only emulsion
that few enterprising pharmacists can afford to neglect. with a 37 }'ears' repu-
tation for value and
&SCOTT BOWNE, Ltd., 10-11, Stonecutter St.,
quality.
LONDON, E.C.
—It sells quickly on

sight involving little

trouble and no losses.

It is one of the few
advertised products,
costly to manufacture,
that yields fair remu-
neration to the retailer.

Therefore, to sell

SCOTT'S not only

pays, but encourages
the principles of fair
trade and good pro-
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manufacture of 1 BECKER, SHILLAN & CO., §
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IN FORM OF PURE CRYSTALS. PHARMACEUTIC AC
ALSO ANHYDROUS POWDER. AND TECHNICAL

WE JILSO MANUFACTURE DRUGS, OILS.

GLYCEROPHOSPHATE SALICYLATES BROMIDES
OF CALCIUM, PURE TARTARIC ACID CITRIC ACID
ORRIS ROOT
(Free from added acid or other impurities) CREAM OF TARTAR OLIVE OIL
ADEPS LANAE
GLYCEROPHOSPHATE HONEY
OF POTASSIUM 75% MAG. SULPH.
GLYCEROPHOSPHATE
Tele. : Aven. 5333. Telegrams :
OF SODIUM 75%
,, 5334. "Beckdietz."
Monsanto Chemical Works,
And at 15 STANLEY STREET. LIVERPOOL.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., U.S.A.

Manufacture™ alto of Phenacetin, Phenolph-
thalmn. Vanillin, Coumarin and Saccharin:

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December 25, 1915 ;;:;;; , ; ; XU1

THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST

N.B.—Prices quoted herewith are for preparations according to the New Pharmacopoeia, 1914,

Original Packages can generally be supplied at the Current Prices quoted in the Trade Report of this Paper on Terms as below.

N.B.—We would draw attention to the fact that all prices quoted herein are

subject to alteration without notice, and that where stocks are limited preference
is always given to our r*. -ular customers.

@Onto, English Ground, 1 cwt."@ 86/- cwt. @Saccharine, 7 lbs. 75/6 lb. ; .550 or .500 1 lb, @•Tinct. Cinchon. Rub., P.B. 5 lb9. 3/4 lb.
7 lbs. lOd. lb. @ 77/6 lb.
Aquos, 1/3 lb.

@ @On. Sepia Pulv., 1 cwt. @Sacchar. Ust., 1 cwt. 42/- c 10 lbs. @•Tinct. Digitalis, B.P., 5 lbs. 3/10 lb. Aquos,
70/- ; 7 lbs. @ 5 Jd. lb.

9d. lb. 1/1 lb.

@Otto Rosa?, finest, 1 oz. 30/- oz. ; No. 2, @Saflron Valentia, B.P., 7 lbs. 42/6 lb. 1 lb. @•Tinct. Gelsem., P.B., 5 lbs. 3/3 lb. Aquos

@1 oz. 21/- oz. @ @44/- lb. ; 1 oz. 3/ 1 oz. 1/4 lb.

@Oxymel Scilla?, B.P., 5 cwt. 36/- cwt. ; 1 cwt. @Sal. Acetos., 7 lbs. 1/9 lb. @•Tinct. Gentiana? Comp., B.P., 5 lbs. 2/31
@ @40/6 cwt. ; »7 lbs.
7id. lb. @Salicinum, B.P., 1 lb. 22/6 lb. lb. Aquos, 1/1 lb.

@Salol, B.P., 1 lb. 51/- lb. @•Tinct. Hyoscyam., B.P., 5 lbs. 4/3 lb.

Sang. Draconis, pulv., English Ground, 7 lbs. Aquos, 1/10 lb.

@ 2/6 lb. B @ @•Tinct. Iodi., P., 5 lbs.
5/1 lb.; Fort.

06/7
@papain, 1-80, 1 oz. 3/- oz. @Santoniuum, P.B., 16 oz. 165/- lb. lb. decoljr., 5 lbs. 5/3 lb.
;

@r Paraftinum Durum, B.R,2cwt. 4}d.lb. @ @Sapo Cast. Alb., 2 cwt. @•Tinct. Lavandula! Comp., B.P., 5 lbs. 4/5
45/ • cwt. ; 7 lbs.
@ @1 cwt. lb. Aquos, 1/1 lb.
5d. lb. ; 56 lbs. fid. lb. ; 7 lbs. @6d. ; pulv., 1 cwt. 10 J/- cwt.; 56 lbs.

@ @6id. lb. ; MoUe Flav., B.P., 31 cwt. @ @If 5/- cwt. ; 7 lbs. l/0}d. lb. ; Animal @•Tinct. Myrrha?, B.P., 5 lbs. 4/3 lb.
@ @23/6 cwt. ; 1 cwt. 33/- cwt. ; 28 lbs.
@ @pulv., 1 cwt. @•Tinct. Nucis Vom., B.P., 5 lbs.
@4*d. lb. ; 7 lbs. 70/- cwt. ; 56 lbs. 72/- 3/4 lb.
5d. lb. ; Alb. B.P., 3* @cwt. ; 7 lbs. 9d. lb.
@ @cwt. 66/- cwt. ; 28 lbs. 9d. lb. Aquos, 1/3 lb.

@Scammony Resin, Pulv., B.P., 7 lbs. 4/6 lb. ; @Op•Tinct.
@Paraldehyde, B.P., 1 lb. @1 lb. 5/- lb. i, B.P., 5 lbs. 5/9 lb.

16/6 lb. @•Tinct. Opii Aquos, 5 lbs. 3/11 lb.

@Pepiln, B.P.,1 lb. 12/- lb. @ @Shellac (Orange), 11 cwt. 85/6 cwt. ; 7 lbs. @•Tinct. Quinina? Amm., B.P., 5 lbs. 3/10 lb.
@Pbenacetln, P.B., pulv., 1 lb. 65/- lb. @•Tinct. Rhei Co., B.P.,5 lbs. 2/3ilb. Aquos,
@Pbenazone, P.B., 1 lb. 80/- lb. 1/- lb.

@Pbenolphthalein, 1 lb. 41/- lb. @Soda Caustica, 6 1 -lb. bots. 2/8 lb. 1/1 lb.

U @fix. Buigtind., Druggists', cwt. 26/6 cwt. @Soda Cit., B.P., 3 lbs. 4/4 lb. @•Tinct. Scilla?, B.P., 5 lbs. 2/9 lb. Aquos,
@7 lbs. 43d. lb.
@Flumbl Acetas, Druggists', 1 cwt. 82/- cwt. Soda Sulphite, Recryst., 1 cwt. 21/6 cwt. ; lid. lb.

@7 Ibi. lOd. lb. ; Powder, 1 id. lb. extra. @ @7 lbs. 4d. lb. @•Tinct. Senega?, P.B., 5 lba. 3/6 lb. Aquos

@Podopbyll. Resina, P.B., 1 lb. 15/b lb. @Soda Sulphocarbolas, B.P., 7 lbs. 2/8 lb. 1/61 lb.
@1 lb. 3/- lb.
&Potana Caustica Sticks, P.B., 1 -lb. Bots. @•Tinct. Strophanth., P.B., 5 lbs. 4/1 lb.
@Sodii Bromid., P.B., 7 lbs. 21/- lb. @•Tinct. Valeriana?, 5 lbs. 3/3 lb. Aquos, 1/2 lb.
8/- lb.

@Potai. Acetai. Gran. P.B., 28 lbs. 3/1 lb. @Soda Hyposulphite, pea cryst., 1 cwt. 25/6 @•Tinct. Valeriana? Ammon., P.B., 5 lbs. 3/7 lb .
Aquos, 1/4 lb.
O7 Ibi. 3/3 lb. cwt.

@total. Bicarb. Pulv., 4 lbs. 2/2 lb. @Sodii Salicyl. Pulv., 2 lbs. 22/6 lb. @•Tinct. Zingib., P.B., 5 lbs. 4/6 lb.
@Potan. Biom. P.B., 7 lbs.
25/- lb. @•Spt. iEther Nit., P.B., 41 lbs. @•Tinct. Zingib. Fortior., 5 lbs. 4/9 lb.

@Potass. Chlor. Pulv., 7 lbs. 1/10 lb. 4/3 lb. ; 1 lb.

@Potass. Cit. B.P., 7 lbs. 6/2 lb. @ 4/7 lb. @Treacle (Black), 24 lbs. 2Jd. lb.

@Potan. Cyanidum, 98%, 7 lbs. 3/3 lb. @* „ Ammon. Aromat., P.B., 5 lbs. 3/5 lb. @Turpentine (Best American), 1 gal. tins 4/6

@ @Potau. lod., P.B., 14 lbs. @• „ Chloroform, P.B., 5 lbs. @each
15/3 lb. ; 3 Ibi. ;
3/11 lb. Venice, Genuine, 9 lbs. 2/- It).

16/- lb. @Strontia? Bromid., 1 lb. 22/- lb.

@Potau. Metabisulpb., 7 lbs. 2/3 lb. @Strychnina Cryst. B.P., 4 oz. 3/-oz.; Hydroch.
@Potau. Permang., Cryst., 7 lbs.
@large cryst., 7 lbs. 4/6 lb. 4/1 lb.; and Sulphate, 2d. oz. less.

@Potau. Pruulai Flav., 7 lbs. 3/6 lb. @Sugar of Milk, P.B., 1 cwt. 87/- cwt. ; 7 lbs. yng^ Acid. Boric, P 8d. R>. ;
@ lOd. lb.
®Falv. Creta Arom. P.B., 14 lbs. 8d. lb. @Flav., 28 lbs. 51d. lb.

@». Opto, B.P., 7 lbs. 2/6 lb. @Sulphonal, P.B., 1 lb. 40/- lb. @Acid. Carbol., B.P., 28 lbs. 1/- lb. ;
@Syr. Aurant. P.B., 7 lbs. Hid. lb. @ @7 lbs.
PulT. Glycyrrh. Co. B.P. (Green), English 1/1 lb.; 1 lb. 1/5 lb.

@Ground, 56 lbs. 66/6 cwt. @„ Easton, B.P., 7 lbs. 1/3 lb. @ @Galla?, P.B., 7 lbs.
@Polv. Ipecac. Comp. P.B., 1 lb. 7/6 lb. 1/- lb. ; 1 lb. 1/2
@„ Ferri Iodid. P.B., 7 lbs.
@ii Jalap Comp. P.B., 1 lb. 1/61 lb. @lb. ; c. Opio, 7 lbs. 3/10 lb.
@M Rhei Comp. P.B., 1 lb.
2/1 lb. @., Ferri Phosph. Co., 7 lbs. 71d. lb. @Hydrargyri. B.P., 28 lbs. 2>9 lb.; 7
1/6 lb.
@Hypophosph. Co., B.P.C., 7 lbs. 1/01 lb, @lbs. ^/l 1 lb.
@Pruni Virg. B.P., 8 lbs. 9id. lb.
@Rhamni,71bs. 1 /— lb. ®Hydrarg. Ammon., B.P., 28 lbs. 1/4 lb. ;
@Rhei, P.B., 7 lbs. @7 lbs.
lOd. lb. 1/7 lb.

@ @Qaaula Chips, 1 cwt. 32/- cwt. ; 28 lbs. @Scilla?, P.B., 7 lbs. 7d. lb. @Hyd. Nit. Dil., 7 lbs. 1/1 lb.
@Sennas, P.B., 7 lbs.
4d. lb. 1 Id. lb. @Parafi. Alb., P.B., 28 Ibs. 81d. lb. ; 7

@Quinine Blinlph., 10 oz. 4/3 os. @Tolut, P.B., 7 lbs. 9id. lb. @ @lbs.
91d. lb. ; 1 lb. 11 Id. lb.; Flay.

Qulnlae Ethyl Carb. (Tasteless), 10 oz.® oz. @ @28 lbs.
bid. lb. ; 7 lbs. 8d. lb.
@Quinine Hydrobromas, B.P., 25 oz.
oz. @ @Resina?, P.B., 28 lbs.
@10 ox. 1/- lb. ; 7 Ibi.
oz.
1/1 lb.
@Quinine Hydrochlor., B.P., 25 ozs. oz.
@Sulphuris, B.P., 28 lbs. 9}d. lb. ; 7 Ibi.
O10 ozs. oz. @ 10id. lb.

@Qnlnlne Sulph., B.P., 100 oz. 3/7 oz. j 25 oz. ret. @Aurantii Recens., B.P., 5 lbs. 4/- lb. @Zinci Oxid. Benz., B.P., 28 lbs. lOd. Ib.
©3/9 oi. ; 10 oz. @3/l0oz.
Aquos, lid. lb.

@•Tinct. Belladon. B.P., 5 lbs. 4/6 lb.

Aquos, 1/10 lb.

@•Tinct. Benzoini Comp., P.B., 5 lbs, 4/2 lb.
@Bad. Gentian, English Ground, 1 cwt. @•Tinct. Camph. Comp., P.B., 5 lbs. 2/11 lb.
70/6 w @ax, Japan, 2 cwt. 70/- cwt. 7 Ibi.
> cwt. ; 7 Ibr. te 8id. lb.
Aquos, 1/2 lb. i 9d. lb.

@Rad. Glycyrrh. English Ground, 1 cwt. C9/- @•Tinct. Cantharidis, P B., 5 lbs. 4/6 lb.
cwt. ; 7 [email protected]. @•Tinct. Capsici, B.P., 5 lbs.
3/1 lb. Aquos,
@Rad. Ipecac. Rio., 1 lb. 25/-.
@Rad. Jalap, English Ground, 28 lbs. 1/61 lb. lid. lb.

@•Tinct. Card. Comp., P.B., 5 lbs. 2/6 lb. @flnci Oleat. Powder, B.P.C., 7 lbs. 2/10 lb.

7 lbs.® 1/8 lb. Aquos, 1/1 lb. @ @Zinci Oxid., 1 cwt. 82/6 cwt. ; 28 Ibi.

@Rad. Rhei., E.I., English Ground, 1 cwt. 1/5 @•Tinct Catechu, P.B., 5 lbs. 2/10 lb. Aquos, @91d. lb. ; 7 lbs. lOd. lb.

@ @lb. ; 28 lbs. 1/1 lb.
1/8 lb. ; 7 lbs. 1/9 lb. @„ Sulph., pure, 1 cwt. 54/6 cwt. ; 28 lbs.
•Tinct. Chlorof. c. Morph., P.B. 1885, 5 ibs. @ 6 }d. lb.
@Rad. Rhel., E.I. Trimmed, 7 lbs. 5/3 lb.
@ 2/3 lb.
@1 lb. 5/9 lb. @•Tinct. Cinchon. Comp., B.P., 5 lbs. 3/5 lb. @„ Sulphocarbolas, B.P., 7 lbs.
@Resorcin, B.P., 1 lb. 75/- lb. 2/8 lb.
bond, 1/01 lb. Aquos, 1/3 lb. ;

@1 lb. 3/- lb.

•'Minimum quantity at these prices ; Home Trade, 3 Winchester Quarts assorted ; Export, 12 Winchester Quarts assorted.

—NOTE. Only terms Net Cash with order without discount, or orders accepted through London Merchants op Bankers.

Goods carriage forward ; all packages free; Export cases extra.

ALLIANCE DRUG & CHEMICAL CO., LONDON.

Offices : 34 LEADENHALL STREET.

KINDLY DETACH THIS SHEET AND PLACE IT IN YOUR BUYING BOOK.

THE CHEMIST AND DEUGGIST December 25, 1915

SBPP1EJIEST

SPECIAL 1915

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